EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
reed grass; a broom made from this grass...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
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FIL: Isang uri ng mataas na damo (Phragmites karka) na karaniwang tumutubo sa mga basang lugar, na ang mga bulaklak ay ginagamit sa paggawa ng walis tambo. Tumutukoy rin ito sa mismong walis na gawa rito.
EN: reed grass; a broom made from this grass
The OG Roomba. Before vacuum cleaners, there was the 'walis tambo'. This is the plant that becomes that fluffy, dusty broom your mom uses to either clean the floor or threaten you with when you're being makulit. The plant itself looks like tall grass having a bad hair day.
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ta(m)buS ('sugarcane-like grass').
Often seen in the compound 'walis tambo' (reed broom) to differentiate it from 'walis tingting' (stick broom).
🇵🇭 Bumili ako ng bagong walis tambo sa Baguio.
🇺🇸 I bought a new reed broom in Baguio.
🇵🇭 Maraming tumutubong tambo sa tabi ng ilog.
🇺🇸 There are a lot of reed grasses growing by the river.
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