We, Filipinos, actually has some words that we uncommonly used in connecting and interacting to each other. But, the truth is that, we actually forgot the word witch ended up for us to not use it anymore. With the state of the languages running around our country, it unavoidably overlay some pure Filipino words we have and replaced it to what we usually used foreign language. To be more clear to you, here are 10 uncommonly Filipino words that i had collected…

1

FILIPINO WORD: Anakula

MEANING: a person who is in charge of ship

OTHER TERM/S: Captain

SAMPLE SENTENCE: Sya ang anakula ng ating barko.

2

FILIPINO WORD: Awanggan

MEANING: the quality of having no limits or end

OTHER TERM/S: infinity, limitless

SAMPLE SENTENCE: Mamahalin kita hanggang sa dulo ng awanggan.

3

FILIPINO WORD: Panginain

MEANING: computer program; browser

OTHER TERM/S: browser

SAMPLE SENTENCE: Buksan mo ang panginain at dyan ka maghanap ng sagot.

4

FILIPINO WORD: Sipnayan

MEANING: the science of numbers and their operations

OTHER TERM/S: mathematics

SAMPLE SENTENCE: Hindi ko gusto ang sipnayan

5

FILIPINO WORD: Bandahali

MEANING: chief male servant of a household

OTHER TERM/S: none

SAMPLE SENTENCE: Si Ruben ay isang bandahali.

6

FILIPINO WORD: Talukay

MEANING: a polynomial of three terms

OTHER TERM/S: trinomial

SAMPLE SENTENCE: Ang sagot sa tanong na yan ay isang talukay

7

FILIPINO WORD: Batalan

MEANING: a room that is equipped with washing and toilet facilities

OTHER TERM/S: comfort room / CR

SAMPLE SENTENCE: Nasa batalan si Ken ngayon.

8

FILIPINO WORD: Sukgisan

MEANING:  branch of mathematics that deals with measurements 

OTHER TERM/S: trigonometry, etc.

SAMPLE SENTENCE: Mahirap pag-aralan ang sukgisan.

9

FILIPINO WORD: Salipawpaw

MEANING: machine that has wings and an engine

OTHER TERM/S: airplane

SAMPLE SENTENCE: Tingnan mo may salipawpaw sa taas.

10

FILIPINO WORD: Kagaw

MEANING: a microorganism causing disease

OTHER TERM/S: bacteria

SAMPLE SENTENCE: Maghugas ka na ng iyong kamay dahil maaaring may kagaw na iyan.