EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
chain, shackles...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/ta-ni-ka-LA/
FIL: Isang serye ng magkakabit na mga argolya o kawing, karaniwang gawa sa metal, na ginagamit sa paggapos, paghila, o pagpigil.
EN: chain, shackles
It's a chain. Literally, the thing you use to lock your bike. Figuratively, it's what's holding you back. 'Yung utang mo sa credit card, 'yan ang **tanikala** mo. Or that toxic relationship you can't seem to leave. It symbolizes anything that restricts your freedom, from debt to 'masamang bisyo'.
From Sanskrit शृङ्खला (śṛṅkhalā).
Often used in a figurative sense to denote bondage or oppression.
🇵🇭 Nakalag na siya mula sa tanikala ng kahirapan.
🇺🇸 He has been freed from the shackles of poverty.
🇵🇭 Ginamit ng mga pulis ang tanikala upang isara ang kalsada.
🇺🇸 The police used a chain to close the road.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.