EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
rummaging, scouring...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/pag-ha-ha-lik-WAT/
FIL: Ang masinsinang paghahanap sa isang bagay sa pamamagitan ng pag-aalis o paggalaw sa mga nakaharang na gamit, madalas sa medyo magulong paraan.
EN: rummaging, scouring
This is you trying to find your other sock in the morning. It's the frantic search inside your bag for your beep card when the bus is already there. It's less intense than a police raid ('paghalughog') and more of a personal, desperate search for something you know is *somewhere* in that pile of mess.
From 'halikwat' (to rummage, to scour).
ROOT MEANING: the act of rummaging or searching thoroughly
Implies a more focused but still messy search compared to 'paghalughog'.
🇵🇭 Sa kanyang paghahalikwat sa lumang baul, nakita niya ang mga litrato ng kanyang lola.
🇺🇸 In her rummaging through the old chest, she found her grandmother's photos.
🇵🇭 Tigilan mo na ang paghahalikwat sa bag ko, wala akong tinatagong pagkain.
🇺🇸 Stop rummaging through my bag, I'm not hiding any food.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.