EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
skewered one after another; a series of connected ...
interior...
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Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.
/tu-hog-TU-hog/
FIL: Tumutukoy sa kalagayan ng pagiging magkakasunod na nakatusok sa isang patpat o panusok; serye ng magkakaugnay na bagay o pangyayari.
EN: skewered one after another; a series of connected things
Think of your favorite street food: isaw, betamax, kwek-kwek, all lined up on a stick. That's `tuhog-tuhog`. It can also describe a series of unfortunate events, like, 'Na-late ako, tapos naiwan ko wallet ko, tapos umulan pa, tuhog-tuhog ang kamalasan!' It's the physical or metaphorical version of things being connected in a line.
Reduplication of `tuhog` (skewer).
Can be used as an adjective to describe something as being skewered, or as a noun to refer to the skewered items themselves. The hyphenated form is common.
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🇵🇭 Bumili kami ng tuhog-tuhog na baboy sa bangketa.
🇺🇸 We bought skewered pork on the sidewalk.
🇵🇭 Ang mga pangyayari ay tuhog-tuhog, mula umaga hanggang gabi.
🇺🇸 The events were a series, from morning until night.
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.