EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
sleepiness; drowsiness...
to figure out...
figurine...
Pang-uri
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FIL: Ang kalagayan o pakiramdam ng pagiging inaantok o pagnanais na matulog.
EN: sleepiness; drowsiness
That feeling you get at 2 PM after a heavy lunch, during a boring meeting, or while stuck in EDSA traffic. It's your body's low-batt warning. Your eyelids feel like they have weights on them, and your head starts doing that slow, involuntary nod. The mortal enemy of students in afternoon classes and BPO agents on a graveyard shift.
From root `antok` (sleepy). The `pag-` prefix and reduplication of the first vowel `a` form a noun describing the state or feeling.
ROOT MEANING: sleepiness, drowsiness
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🇵🇭 Hindi ko mapigilan ang aking pag-aantok habang nanonood ng pelikula.
🇺🇸 I can't fight my sleepiness while watching the movie.
🇵🇭 Uminom siya ng kape para labanan ang pag-aantok.
🇺🇸 He drank coffee to fight the drowsiness.
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.