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-DI-law/
FIL: Nagtataglay ng kulay na bahagyang dilaw o may pagkakahawig sa kulay dilaw.
EN: yellowish
It's not full-on yellow, just... kinda yellow. Like your teeth after a coffee binge but before you brush. It's the color of a bruise that's starting to heal, or the sky during a hazy sunset. A subtle, 'hint of' yellow.
From `ma-` (having the quality of) + reduplication of `dilaw` (yellow).
ROOT MEANING: yellow
The reduplication `dilaw-dilaw` indicates a lesser or intermittent quality of the color.
🇵🇭 Madilaw-dilaw na ang mga pahina ng lumang libro.
🇺🇸 The pages of the old book are already yellowish.
🇵🇭 May madilaw-dilaw na mantsa sa puting damit niya.
🇺🇸 There's a yellowish stain on his white shirt.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.