EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to start (something) (colloquial)...
fit for a queen...
various things; odds and ends...
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.
/um-pi-SHAN/
FIL: Isang kolokyal at pinaikling anyo ng 'umpisahan'; simulan ang isang gawain.
EN: to start (something) (colloquial)
This is the shortcut version of 'umpisahan', for when you're too excited or impatient to say the whole word. It’s the linguistic equivalent of hitting 'skip intro'. You use this when you're telling your friend to start the movie already. 'Umpishan mo na!'
Colloquial shortening of 'umpisahan'. From Spanish 'empezar'.
ROOT MEANING: start; beginning
Commonly used in spoken, informal Tagalog. It's the result of syncope, where a sound (in this case, the 'a' in 'sa') is omitted from the middle of the word.
💬 JOIN THE COMMUNITY DISCUSSION
VOTE, COMMENT, AND HELP IMPROVE THIS DEFINITION
🇵🇭 Umpishan na ang kainan, gutom na ako!
🇺🇸 Start the feast, I'm already hungry!
🇵🇭 Huwag mo nang patagalin, umpishan mo na ang paglilinis.
🇺🇸 Don't delay it any longer, start the cleaning.
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.