EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
flattened; compressed...
Proper (as in a noun); Specific; Exclusive...
for planting; planting material/tool...
Pang-uri
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/pil-PIL/
FIL: Pagsisiksik o pagiging siksik at pipi dahil sa pagpuno nang labis sa isang lalagyan.
EN: flattened; compressed
This is the state of your balikbayan box after you've sat on it just to close it. It's the ulam in your baunan that has been squished by the rice on top. It's the feeling of being in the MRT during rush hour. Anything that's been stuffed so much it becomes flat and dense. 'Pilpil na ang damit sa maleta.'
Often used to describe things inside a container, like food or clothes. Can be used as a verb 'pilpilin' (to stuff/compress).
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🇵🇭 Naging pilpil ang kanin sa baunan dahil sa pagkakadiin.
🇺🇸 The rice in the container became compressed because it was pressed down.
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.