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I asked God to take away my habit.Filipino-English dictionary
God said, No.
It is not for me to take away,
but for you to give it up.
I asked God to grant me patience.
God said, No. Patience is a byproduct of tribulations
I asked God to give me happiness
I give you blessings
Happiness is up to you.
I asked God to spare me pain.
God said, No.
Suffering draws you apart from worldly cares
and brings you closer to me.
I asked God to make my spirit grow.
God said, No.
You must grow on your own,
but I will prune you to make you fruitful.
I asked God for all things
that I might enjoy life.
God said, No
I will give you life, so that you may enjoy all things.
I asked God to help me LOVE others,
as much as He loves me.
God said... Ahhhh, finally you have the idea.
We were fortunate to have attended a talk cum concert about Philippine kundiman (Filipino style of songs) songs.
Dr. Mike Coroza gave the insightful lecture that kundiman songs are hero songs. Words, emotions and situations that cannot be expressed in words were put into songs and many of these stem from the battlefield where freedom-fighting Filipino soldiers were lost in their silence.
Dr. Coroza spoke in pure, long-forgotten Filipino and it was poetic, almost amorous. It was so fluid and graceful, his sentences in Filipino, that I ended up typing every Filipino word that night. Here they are. Note please that there are some words without definition, feel free to add your understanding of it. :)
Filipino-English glossary
Ala-ala - noun, memory, recollection; mag-alala, alalahanin
Alaga - noun, a pet or a child that receives care; verb, to care for; alagaan, inaalagaan
Alay - noun, gift, offering; nag-alay, mag-aalay, iaalay
Alinlangan - noun, doubt
Aliw - noun, glee; aliwan
Araw - noun, sun, day; araw-araw, arawan, naaarawan
Asawa - noun, spouse; verb, to marry; mag-asawa
Away - noun, fighting, misunderstanding; verb, to fight; pag-aaway, awayan
Awit - noun, song; awitan
Bakit - conjunction, why
Bakya - noun, a footwear liken to a pair of sandals, but made of wood; figure of speech, cheap
Balat kayo - figure of speech, pretentious
Balitaw -
Bandila - noun, flag; verb, to make proud; ibandila
Baro - noun, piece of clothing; baru-baruan
Barumbado - adjective, hot headed, prone to fighting
Batid - verb, known; ipinapabatid
Bayani - noun, hero
Binata - noun, male teenager, single male
Bingwit - noun, hook; verb, to catch; bingwitin
Bituin - noun, star
Buhay - noun, life, alive
Bukas - noun, tomorrow; verb, to open; ibukas, nakabukas
Bulalakaw - noun, shooting star
Bunyi - verb, celebrate; ipagbunyi
Dalaga - noun, female teenager, single female
Dalita - verb, difficulty, poverty; pagdaralita
Damdam - verb, to feel; pagdaramdam, damdamin
Damit - noun, clothing; verb, to wear clothes; damitan, magdamit
Dampa - noun, a shed, a hut
Dikit - verb, to paste; adjective, privy
Dilig - verb, to water; diligan
Dusa - verb, to bear the consequences, to suffer; magdusa, pagdurusa
Galak - noun, glee
Galing - noun, talent, ability; verb, to hail from a place; pinanggalingan
Ganap - verb, to accomplish, to fulfill; naganap, pinag-ganapan
Gayak - noun, attire; verb, to decorate; ginayakan
Giliw - noun, beloved; verb, to endear; kinagigiliwan
Ginhawa - noun, comfort; kaginhawahan
Gitna - noun, middle
Habol - verb, to chase; habulin
Halik - verb, to kiss; hinalikan, hinagkan
Halina - noun, charm; verb, come on
Hangad - noun, wish, longing; hangarin
Hangin - noun, air
Hapon - noun, afternoon, people from Japan
Hari - noun, king
Hele - noun, the act of putting a baby to sleep
Higit - adverb, more than; higitan
Hilahil
Himagsik - noun, anger of the heart; himagsikan
Hirang - noun, chosen one; verb, to choose; hinirang
Huni - noun, sound that birds make
Ibig - verb, to love, to adore; iniibig
Ikaw - pronoun, you
Inis - verb, to feel irritated; kainisan, pagkainis
Irog - noun, darling; magsing-irog
Ito - pronoun, this
Iyak - verb, to cry; umiiyak, iyakin
Iyo - pronoun, yours
Kaluluwa - noun, soul
Kundiman - noun, Filipino ballad
Kasi - conjunction, because, due to
Kaway - verb, to wave one's hands; kumaway, kinayawan
Kawayan - noun, bamboo
Kayo - noun, cloth; pronoun, a group of people
Kislap - verb, to shine, to glimmer; kumikislap
Kumpas - verb, to conduct, to move in rhythm with a sound; pagkumpas, kumukumpas
Kwento - verb, to tell a story; noun, story; kwentuhan, pagkakakwento
Labi - noun, lips, remains
Lagi - adverb, often; palagi, lagi-lagi
Lamok - noun, mosquito
Langit - noun, sky, heaven
Lapit - verb, to come near; lumalapit, papalapit
Laya - verb, to be free; lumalaya, malaya
Layo - verb, to go far; adjective, distant; lumalayo, napakalayo
Lawiswis
Ligat - adjective, chewy; maligat
Ligaw - verb, to court, to be lost; nanliligaw, naliligaw
Ligaya - noun, happiness
Likha - noun, creation; verb, to make; lumikha, likhain
Linaw - verb, to clear; nililinaw, malinaw
Linga - noun, a tree, fruits/seeds of the linga tree
Luha - noun, tear
Luhod - verb, to kneel
Lumbay - verb, to feel sad; nalulumbay
Luningning - noun, glitter
Lupig - verb, to conquer, to defeat; manlulupig, nilupig
Mabuhay - verb, to live, cheers
Madla - noun, masses, throng of people
Maliw - adverb, not stopping, never ending, persistent
Marikit - adjective, pleasing, good to the eyes, lovely
Matimyas - adjective, soft, tender
Mahal - verb, to love, to endear; minamahal, mamahalin
Mundo - noun, world, earth
Mutya - noun, a lady
Nais - verb, to want; ninanais, naisin
Ningas - verb, to spark, to ignite; pagningasin, nagniningas
Pakwan - noun, watermelon
Panaginip - noun, dream
Panambitan - noun, longing, desire
Pandanggo - noun, a kind of dance or song
Pangarap - noun, wish, longing
Pangkat - noun, group
Panglaw - adjective, lonesome, dark; mapanglaw, pumapanglaw
Pantay - adverb, same value or level; verb, to equalize; pantayin, pantay-pantay
Paraluman - noun, a lady
Piling - adverb, company, place
Pilit - verb, to force, to coerce; pilitin, nagpupumilit
Pintas - verb, to criticize; pintasan, pinintasan
Pisngi - noun, cheeks
Pito - noun/adverb, seven
Puso - noun, heart
Sabaw - noun, soup
Sagwan - noun, paddle
Sakdal - verb, to try in court; adverb, utmost; nasasakdal, sakdal dilag
Sakit - noun, sickness
Salita - noun, words; verb, to speak
Sama - verb, to join; adjective, evil; sumama, pagsama-samahin
Samantala - conjunction, meanwhile
Samba - verb, to worship
Sarap - adjective, good taste of food
Saya - noun, happiness
Sayaw - noun, dance; verb, to dance
Seloso - adjective, jealous male
Sidhi - adjective, burning feeling
Siga - noun, bonfire, a street bully
Sigaw - noun, a shout; verb, to shout
Sigla - noun, energy
Sinta - verb, to love, to value
Sisi - verb, to blame
Sumpa - verb, to curse; noun, to curse
Suot - verb, to wear, to put on
Suya - verb, to feel bad about
Suyo - verb, to appease
Tagalog - noun, dialect from Luzon islands of the Philippines
Talas - noun, sharpness
Tamis - noun, sweetness
Tampisaw - verb, to play in the water
Tanaw - verb, to view
Tanim - verb, to plant; noun, plant
Tapat - adjective, honest
Tapis - noun, a piece of cloth worn to cover a skirt
Tatak - verb, to stamp, to put a mark
Tawad - verb, to ask for a discount, to beg for mercy
Tawag - verb, to call
Titik - noun, letter
Tugtugin - noun, music
Tula - noun, poem
Tulad - adverb, alike
Tunay - adverb, true
Turing - verb, to value, to give a price amount
Ugali - noun, personality
Ulan - noun, rain
Utos - verb, to give orders; noun, orders, commands
Wagas - adverb, truly
Wakas - noun, end
Wala - adverb, none
Walay - verb, to be far from one's family, to remove
Wari - verb, to think
Mabuhay Singers
Oh, the Mabuhay Singers, a sextuplet group formed some 50 years ago, and is composed of wonderful, talented male and female kundiman singers and musicians were there to dish out much appreciated kundiman songs.
My little girl loved it, she danced with every fast beat and used my scarf as an ornament. To myself, I was very glad that she appreciated such indigenous music. I hope she will love it even more as she grows older.
Dr. Coroza announced that Junior Mabuhay Singers perform regularly through the University of the Philippines' College of Music. They're stunning, and they're young!
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