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Lamesa It was International Table Top Day yesterday! How do you say “table” in your language? LAMÉSA • (luh-MEH-suh)tableTagálog (Filipino): mésa, lamésa EtymologyFrom Spanish la mesa “the table” Example Sentence (Lyrics of Atin Cu Pung Singsing)Píkurus kóng gamat, bábó ning lamésa. [Kap]Pinagkrús kong mgá kamáy, sa ibábaw ng mésa. [Tag]I crossed my hands, on top … Read more
Apag It’s International TableTop Day, so here’s the trailer of Kapampángan film Apag (“dining table”; international title: Feast) which won Best Actress & Best Original Song in the 2023 Summer Metro Manila Film Festival last April which happened to also be Filipino Food Month! APAG • (uh-PUHG) dining table, (to) lay out on the table … Read more
Talamdan – Record, Memorandum, Composition, or exercise book. You may want to read: Top 3 regions with the highest number of recorded marriages
Baki (Sugbuanon): bisexual, a frog that lives on both land and sea. You may want to read: Bakla Silahis Buguy
Queso de Bola is the Filipino term, from Spanish for “ball cheese”, for the Philippine version of the Edam cheese. It is a Dutch cheese in a spherical shape (usually slightly flattened at the top and bottom) and coated with red wax. Compared to the original version made in Edam, Netherlands, the queso de bola … Read more