EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
unspecified, non-specific, general...
Bunch, cluster (of fruits)...
Tax...
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.
/wa-lang-ti-nu-TU-koy/
FIL: Hindi tumutukoy sa isang partikular na tao, bagay, lugar, o ideya; pangkalahatan.
EN: unspecified, non-specific, general
When your friend posts a "hugot" status on Facebook like "Sana masaya ka," you know it's a walang-tinutukoy attack, a parinig. It's a blind item. It's vague on purpose, so the guilty party can feel it, but you have plausible deniability. "To whom it may concern..." in its most passive-aggressive form.
From "walang" (without) and "tinutukoy" (referring to, pointing at).
ROOT MEANING: reference, specification, act of identifying
Often used in contexts of indirect communication (parinig) or when making general statements.
💬 JOIN THE COMMUNITY DISCUSSION
VOTE, COMMENT, AND HELP IMPROVE THIS DEFINITION
🇵🇭 Ang kanyang patama ay walang-tinutukoy na partikular na tao, pero marami ang nakaramdam.
🇺🇸 His subtle jab was unspecified towards a particular person, but many felt alluded to.
🇵🇭 Isang walang-tinutukoy na banta ang natanggap ng opisina.
🇺🇸 The office received a non-specific threat.
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.