EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
Stomach; conscience....
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/sik-MU-ra/
FIL: Ang bahagi ng katawan sa pagitan ng dibdib at balakang na kinalalagyan ng mga organo para sa pagtunaw ng pagkain; ginagamit din bilang metapora para sa konsensya.
EN: Stomach; conscience.
This is your gut, literally and figuratively. It's the organ that complains when you eat too much samgyupsal ('masakit ang sikmura ko'). It's also your conscience, the thing that 'churns' when you do something wrong ('hindi kaya ng sikmura ko'). It's the seat of both hunger and guilt.
Possibly from Malay 'sekmura'.
The dual meaning of physical stomach and metaphorical conscience is very common. The idiom 'hindi masikmura' means 'cannot stomach it' or 'find it morally unacceptable'.
🇵🇭 Kumukulo ang sikmura ko sa gutom.
🇺🇸 My stomach is growling with hunger.
🇵🇭 Hindi naatim ng kanyang sikmura ang katiwaliang nakita niya.
🇺🇸 His conscience could not stomach the corruption he witnessed.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.