EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
an assayer's office; a place for testing quality...
sis; girl...
sis; girl (emphatic)...
Pang-uri
Hindi nagbabago, hindi kumukupas, o hindi natatapos; walang hanggan.
/pa-ki-la-TI-san/
FIL: Isang lugar o tanggapan kung saan sinusuri ang kalidad, kadalisayan, o halaga ng isang bagay, karaniwan ay metal tulad ng ginto.
EN: an assayer's office; a place for testing quality
Before there were "legit checkers" on Facebook marketplace, there was the pakilatisan. It's the OG place you go to see if the "gold" necklace your ex gave you is real or just gilded heartbreak. Think of it as a physical "fact-check" for your alahas (jewelry).
From pa- + kilatis + -an. 'Kilatis' means 'purity' or 'carat' (of gold), and the pa-...-an affix denotes a place where the action is done.
ROOT MEANING: carat
A specific and somewhat dated term, strongly associated with jewelry and pawnshops.
🇵🇭 Dinala niya ang singsing sa pakilatisan upang malaman kung ilang karat ito.
🇺🇸 She brought the ring to the assayer's office to find out how many carats it was.
🇵🇭 May malaking pakilatisan ng ginto sa bayan ng Meycauayan.
🇺🇸 There is a large gold assaying center in the town of Meycauayan.
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Pang-uri
Hindi nagbabago, hindi kumukupas, o hindi natatapos; walang hanggan.