EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
Yellowish...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/ma-di-LAW/
FIL: Nagtataglay ng kulay na dilaw o may bahid ng dilaw.
EN: Yellowish
The color of old book pages, your teeth after too much coffee, or a shirt that was once white but has seen better days. It's not pure, vibrant yellow; it's yellow-ish. It's the color of nostalgia, and sometimes, poor dental hygiene.
ROOT MEANING: yellow
The prefix 'ma-' turns the noun 'dilaw' (yellow) into an adjective describing something as having the quality of that color.
🇵🇭 Madilaw na ang mga pahina ng lumang libro.
🇺🇸 The pages of the old book are already yellowish.
🇵🇭 Naging madilaw ang puti niyang sapatos dahil sa putik.
🇺🇸 His white shoes became yellowish because of the mud.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.