EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
Land; soil; earth...
sis; girl...
sis; girl (emphatic)...
Pang-uri
Hindi nagbabago, hindi kumukupas, o hindi natatapos; walang hanggan.
/LU-pa/
FIL: Ang solidong bahagi ng ibabaw ng mundo na hindi sakop ng tubig. Ito rin ay tumutukoy sa teritoryo o lupain at sa materyal na ginagamit sa pagtatanim.
EN: Land; soil; earth
The stuff you walk on, the stuff your condo is built on, and the stuff your parents keep telling you to buy ('Bumili ka na ng lupa!'). It's both the dirt in your garden and the ultimate Filipino adulting goal: owning a piece of it.
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lupa.
A fundamental and versatile word. Can refer to soil, land as property, or the planet Earth.
🇵🇭 Kailangan natin ng matabang lupa para sa ating mga pananim.
🇺🇸 We need fertile soil for our crops.
🇵🇭 Tumataas na ang presyo ng lupa sa siyudad.
🇺🇸 The price of land in the city is increasing.
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Pang-uri
Hindi nagbabago, hindi kumukupas, o hindi natatapos; walang hanggan.