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.

Here’s our top 10 unfamiliar filipino words! 1.) Adhika ( Nais o Gusto) •T his word use when you want something. Ex. Ang aking adhika ay makarating sa iba’t ibang lupalok ng mundo. 2.) Aghimuan (Teknolohiya/Technology) • The use of science in industry, engineering, etc.,. to invent useful thing or to solveproblems.

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.

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.