EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to delouse each other...
modest; gentle; chaste...
effective; potent...
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.
/mag-hing-u-TU-han/
FIL: Ang gawain ng dalawa o higit pang tao na sabay-sabay na pag-aalis ng kuto at lisa sa buhok ng isa't isa.
EN: to delouse each other
The ultimate Filipino bonding experience, usually done on a lazy afternoon under a mango tree. It's part grooming, part "chismisan" session. You find out all the neighborhood gossip while your friend meticulously searches for kuto (lice) on your scalp with a "suyod" (fine-toothed comb).
From kuto (louse). The affixes mag-, -hing- (a variant of mang- for searching/gathering), and -an (reciprocal action) combine to form this specific meaning.
A very specific cultural activity. The singular form (delousing another person) is hingutuhan.
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🇵🇭 Tuwing hapon, ugali ng magkakaibigan na maghingutuhan sa ilalim ng puno.
🇺🇸 Every afternoon, it's the friends' habit to delouse each other under the tree.
🇵🇭 Nakita ko ang mag-ina na naghihingutuhan habang nagkukwentuhan.
🇺🇸 I saw the mother and daughter delousing each other while chatting.
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.