EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
wick (of a lamp or candle)...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
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/TIM-sim/
FIL: Ang mitsa o pabilo ng isang ilawan, kandila, o lampara na siyang sumisipsip ng panggatong upang magpaningas.
EN: wick (of a lamp or candle)
This is the little stringy thing in the middle of your birthday candle or your Lola's old-school gasera. It's the heart of the flame. No timsim, no light. Parang sa relationship, kung walang "spark" o "timsim" na nagkokonekta sa inyo, madilim ang future.
Possibly from a Chinese language.
An older word, often associated with traditional lamps (gasera, ilawan).
🇵🇭 Napundi na ang timsim ng gasera kaya kailangan na itong palitan.
🇺🇸 The wick of the oil lamp has burned out, so it needs to be replaced.
🇵🇭 Maingat niyang itinaas ang timsim para lumakas ang apoy.
🇺🇸 He carefully raised the wick to make the flame stronger.
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Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.