EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to scale a fish...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/mag-ka-lis-KIS/
FIL: Ang pag-aalis ng mga kaliskis mula sa balat ng isda bilang paghahanda sa pagluto.
EN: to scale a fish
This is a mandatory skill if you want to cook fish from the palengke. It's the messy process of scraping off the fish's "armor" before you turn it into sinigang or prito. Your reward is a delicious meal, but the price is tiny, shiny scales flying everywhere in the kitchen.
From mag- + kaliskis (fish scales).
ROOT MEANING: scale (of a fish); dandruff
An action verb related to food preparation. The tool used is called a `pangkaliskis` or `kaliskisan`.
🇵🇭 Tulungan mo akong magkaliskis ng isda para sa pananghalian.
🇺🇸 Help me scale the fish for lunch.
🇵🇭 Natuto siyang magkaliskis ng bangus mula sa kanyang ina.
🇺🇸 She learned how to scale a milkfish from her mother.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.