EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
purple yam, ube...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/TAW-gi/
FIL: Isang uri ng lamang-ugat na may kulay ube ang laman, kilala rin bilang ube. Ginagamit ito sa paggawa ng mga kakanin at panghimagas.
EN: purple yam, ube
This is a deep cut, an old-school name for what we all know and love as 'ube'. Before 'ube-cheese pandesal' became a national obsession, our lolas might have called it tawgi. It's the same purple goodness, just with a more vintage name.
Possibly a regional or older term for 'ube'. Its exact origin is less common than 'ube'.
'Ube' is the much more common term. 'Tawgi' might be encountered in older texts or specific regional dialects.
🇵🇭 Sa ilang lalawigan, tawgi ang tawag sa halayang ube.
🇺🇸 In some provinces, purple yam jam is called tawgi.
🇵🇭 Ang lola ko ay nagtanim ng tawgi sa aming bakuran.
🇺🇸 My grandmother planted purple yam in our yard.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.