The following terminologies below are undeniably some of the Filipino words that are not used in conversations or are left forgotten.

-Bongosia, A. R., Bool, J. R., Buñales, J.K., Cabañero, J. M., and Cascayan, Z.G,

In our generation, many people,especially teenagers,are not aware of some uncommon words in Filipino.That’s because of modern technologies and stuff. Today, Im gonna show you the 10 uncommonly used Filipino Words with meanings and correct usage in a sentence.So get your vocabularies up and read attentively.

Have you ever asked yourself about something or word that you know in your whole life but doesn’t really know the meaning of it and how you should call or pronounce it?

I assure that you’re not the only one. Most of us encountered that kind of thing and to be more specific that happens when we didn’t know how to translate an English word to Filipino.

Typically, one of the causes of why this thing happened is that we, Filipino people has lack of knowledge in our own language. And this result to our limited skills in interpreting English word to our language. Nevertheless, here are some primitive Filipino words that can enhance and improve your vocabulary in Filipino and can help you someday:

1

FILIPINO WORD: Anakula

MEANING: a person who is in charge of ship

OTHER TERM/S: Captain/Kapitan

SAMPLE SENTENCE: Sya ang anakula ng ating barko.

2

FILIPINO WORD: Sipnayan

MEANING: the science of numbers and their operations

OTHER TERM/S: Mathematics/Matematika

SAMPLE SENTENCE: Hindi ko gusto ang sipnayan.

3

FILIPINO WORD: Hatinig

MEANING: A system that converts acoustic vibrations to electric signals in order to transmit sound.

OTHER TERM/S: Telephone/Telepono

SAMPLE SENTENCE: Ginamit ko ang hatinig upang tawagan ang aking ina sa ibang bansa.

4

FILIPINO WORD:  Pook-sapot

MEANING: A place on the World Wide Web that contains information about a person, organization, etc., and that usually consists of many Web pages joined by hyperlinks.

OTHER TERM/S: Website

SAMPLE SENTENCE: Napakaganda naman ng iyong ginawang Pook-sapotnakakamangha naman ang laman nito.

5

FILIPINO WORD: Sulatroniko

MEANING: A system for sending messages from one computer to another computer.

OTHER TERM/S: E-mail

SAMPLE SENTENCE: Ipadala mo na ang sulatroniko sa iyong pag-aaplayan

6

FILIPINO WORD: Durungawan

MEANING: An opening in the wall or roof of a building or vehicle that is fitted with glass or other transparent material in a frame to admit light or air and allow people to see out.

OTHER TERM/S: Window/Bintana

SAMPLE SENTENCE: Binuksan niya ang durungawan ng kanyang bahay para makapasok ang hangin.

7

FILIPINO WORD: Salumpuwit

MEANING: kasangkapan para upuan

OTHER TERM/S: Chair/Upuan

SAMPLE SENTENCE: Iisa na lamang ang natitirang salumpuwit sa silid-aralan.

8

FILIPINO WORD:  Katipan

MEANING: kasintahan; nobya/nobyo

OTHER TERM/S: Husband/Wife

SAMPLE SENTENCE: Nagdagsaan ang mga magkatipan sa parke noong nakaraang Araw ng mga Puso.

9

FILIPINO WORD: Payneta

MEANING: Suklay na ginagamit sa buhok

OTHER TERM/S: Comb/Suklay

SAMPLE SENTENCE: Nalaman ko na lamang na naiwan ni Maria ang kanyang paynetana hihiramin ko sana.

10

FILIPINO WORD: Antipara

MEANING: Devices consisting of glass or hard plastic lenses mounted in a frame that holds them in front of a person’s eyes.

OTHER TERM/S: Eyeglasses/Salamin sa mata

SAMPLE SENTENCE: Dapat bumili ka na ng antipara dahil malabo na ang mga mata mo.https://www.youtube.com/embed/U3C9bzX33qc?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent