EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
ancestor, forefather...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/ni-NU-no/
FIL: Ang mga taong pinagmulan ng isang lahi, pamilya, o angkan; mga kanunununuan.
EN: ancestor, forefather
Your OG squad. Your great-great-great lolo's barkada. These are your ancestors, the people in your family tree who existed way before Wi-Fi and TikTok. They're the reason you have to study Lapu-Lapu in history class and the ones you can thank for your 'ilong' or 'chinito' eyes.
From the repetition of 'nuno' (elder, grandparent, ancestor spirit).
Plural form is 'mga ninuno'.
🇵🇭 Dapat nating igalang ang alaala ng ating mga ninuno.
🇺🇸 We should respect the memory of our ancestors.
🇵🇭 Ang mga teorya tungkol sa pinagmulan ng mga Pilipino ay tumutukoy sa iba't ibang lahi ng ninuno.
🇺🇸 Theories about the origin of Filipinos point to different races of ancestors.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.