Ever heard of haynayan (biology), karumalan (menstrual period), or panghibayo (amplifier)? If you haven’t heard of these words, then welcome to the club! Indeed, we can be strangers even to our own language. Here are another 15 Filipino words and NEOLOGISMS (i.e. recently invented) that you might want to share with your friends and office mates:

Ever heard of haynayan (biology), karumalan (menstrual period), or panghibayo (amplifier)? If you haven’t, then welcome to the club! Indeed, we can be strangers even to our own language. Here are another 10 Filipino words and neologisms (i.e. recently invented) to add to your vocabulary. Pook-sapot. English translation: Website.

Every Filipino citizen has their own way on how they speak Filipino words. But some Filipino words are being forgotten and some people on our own country didn't know what's the real meaning of those words.

TeamManila joins in the fun by listing down 12 Filipino Words You Didn’t Know Exist until today. The Filipino language is deep and obscure (that’s for sure!) but here’s a dozen more words that will test your local vocabulary.

Here are 70 forgotten words (most are considered sinaunang Tagalog) that will enrich your Filipino vocabulary and make you a little bit smarter: 1. Abor: nabubulok na bahagi ng punongkahoy, karaniwan sa butas ng puno nito (UP Diksiyonaryong Filipino, p. 5). 2. Babahan: upuan sa bangka (UP Diksiyonaryong Filipino, p. 97). 3.