EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
opener (e.g., can opener, bottle opener)...
torpedo (weapon)...
to sabotage a courtship...
Pang-uri
Isang kalagayan o lugar na may kakulangan o kawalan ng suplay ng tubig.
/pam-bu-KAS/
FIL: Isang kasangkapan o instrumento na ginagamit upang buksan ang isang bagay na selyado o nakasara, tulad ng lata, bote, o pinto.
EN: opener (e.g., can opener, bottle opener)
The MVP of any inuman session. It's the tool you frantically search for when you have a cold bottle of beer but no way to open it. Can also be your teeth, if you're brave (and unwise). Also applies to can openers for your precious hoard of tuna.
From `pang-` (which becomes `pam-`) + `bukas` (open).
ROOT MEANING: open
Often specified further, e.g., `pambukas ng lata` (can opener), `pambukas ng bote` (bottle opener).
🇵🇭 Nawawala ang pambukas ng de-lata.
🇺🇸 The can opener is missing.
🇵🇭 Pahiram ng pambukas ng bote, pare.
🇺🇸 Friend, can I borrow the bottle opener?
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Pang-uri
Isang kalagayan o lugar na may kakulangan o kawalan ng suplay ng tubig.