

Guni-guni – gossip or hearsay (daw tagalog ni, I think pamatyagan is the proper word in ilonggo) Gan-it – to pull (pertaining to the act on someone’s hair) Guapo – beautiful (when referring to an object) handsome (when referring to a male person) Guripat – pinching/twisting of the ear (ang bulong sang lipat) like someone rolling down a hill – naga-bulid-bulid siya papanaug.īuki – mediocre opposite of hip (tigas) bland not exciting.ĭibla – short for “indi bala” meaning “isn’t that so?”ĭoldol – stuff inside a pillow, particularly from the cotton treeĭugay-dugay -1) soon 2) very long time 3) every so often (ka klaro noh? 😀ĭukol – a strike on the head with one’s knuckles
#Other words for normal skin#
Feel free to add words and phrases with their meanings.Īlang-alang – hesitant not yet ripe not yet cooked untimely incompleteĪlcogas – fuel Bacolodnons (and Filipinos) were forced to use during the 70’s world-wide fuel crisis mixture of gasoline and alcoholĪlimpuros – a swirly clump of hair on your head, sa english: cowlick.Īlingag-ngag – hard palate part of the mouthĪlipungoy – ignoramus, mala-autistic modeĪmo guid – that’s right (not to be confused with “amó guid” literally meaning “truly a monkey”)īakukang – Kelloid formation of the skin caused by scarsīulid-bulid – describing someone/something rolling on a surface e.g. Thanks to Jovi Jaro’s post in You Know You’re From Bacolod, Philippines If… group in Facebook.
