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pandesalbread2yrCommentedGinang- n., adj. polite title of a superior lady
The old man shook his head. "No, it's alright, ginang. There are plenty of rooms here, no need to worry. When will the guest arrive?"- pandesalbread2yrCommented
Tagabulag- n. agimat that supposedly turns the wearer invisible
A tagabulag? - pandesalbread2yrCommented
Bali-og beads- n. traditional layered necklaces of various ethnic groups in the islands of Visayas and Mindanao in the Philippines; said to have protective properties.
Bali-og beads. - pandesalbread2yrCommented
Pamako- n. agimat that supposedly paralyze an opponent
Pamako. - pandesalbread2yrCommented
Kunat- n. agimat that supposedly make the skin invulnerable to cuts and sword slashes.
Kunat. - pandesalbread2yrCommented
payag- bisaya; n. nipa hut or wooden shack
As he took his final step at the top of the mountain, the said man was immediately greeted by the site of an old payag* decorated with a hanging few talismans and potted herbal plants a few feet ahead of him. - pandesalbread2yrCommented
agimat- n. also known as anting or anting-anting, is a Filipino word for "amulet" or "charm"; also a system of magic using talismans, amulets or charms.
That woman that the old farmer man and the young lady were talking about, was the shopkeeper at the agimat shop at the shrine on the top of the mountain who suddenly appeared thirteen years ago. - pandesalbread2yrCommented
halo-halo- n. a Filipino dessert made with mixed fruits, boiled sweetened white beans, milk, and flavored crushed ice, typically topped with purple yam, crème caramel, and ice cream.
"And besides," the girl said, "the shrine takes at least half an hour to climb. I really wouldn't want to make kuya late for his work." She batted her eyes at him again. "Maybe next time when kuya is finished he can treat me to some halo-halo, and he can tell me all about how his heroic deeds?" she asked again with that innocent voice that now had a hint of mischievous intent hiding behind it. - pandesalbread2yrCommented
kuya- n. older male family member other than the father (older brother/cousin); used as a polite title or form of address for an older man.
"Aw, kuya, won't you stay with us for a while longer?" one of the girls asked, batting her long eyelashes at the bejeweled newcomer. "We really want to know what it's like in the big city." - pandesalbread2yrReplied to mochishiCh 1 Prologo
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Maharlika- n. they are specifically the warrior class; the revered in the barangay.
A pair of loud footsteps thudded over to the place she stood before she was thrown away like a rag doll. With a wincing eye, the General saw Dayao on the floor, still paralyzed, and their assailant towering over him, hand still gripping the whip. Her vision still blurred, and she could barely see the person's face. But engraved in her mind was their left hand-decorated with an intricate tattoo that didn't look like traditional maharlika's.* - pandesalbread2yrCommented
bolo knife- n. a large cutting tool of Filipino origin similar to the machete Kaka- bisaya/Cebuano; n. a large hairy spider.
But it did not take long before the silence was broken as one of the Maginoos by the name of Bighani suggested something they never would have thought of in years- the release of the cursed human, the Kaka. * The rest were hesitant with the decision. For them, using the Kaka was like opening your windows during a typhoon- although it will avoid the wind from toppling the house's structure, it will still do more harm than good. - pandesalbread2yrCommented
Sayoc Kali- n. knife fighting martial arts.
From that day forward, the young demon child- now an adolescent young man- crawled his way up to the Northern mountains with nothing but three days' worth of food on his back and a small sayoc kali knife. * - pandesalbread2yrCommented
Diwata- aka. Anito; n. refers to ancestor spirits, nature spirits, and deities in the indigenous Philippine folk religions from the precolonial age to the present,
Luckily for him, a group of traveling Diwata's- creatures of the night that were neither human nor ghoul- took pity on the child and made a deal with him. That in exchange for their hospitality, the boy must do them a favor. It did not matter how long it took for the favor to be completed if he did it before he died. The child, blinded by hunger and his will to survive, quickly agreed to it. And thus, the creatures nurtured him and taught him everything they knew, until the day he was old enough to live alone. - pandesalbread2yrCommented
Maginoo- n. the ruling class, the educated class, the royal class, and the privileged class. It was from this class that the Datu would come from. Barangay- n. early Filipino settlement; rough translate: village, tribe.
Dayao, despite his outstanding abilities in both strategy and combat, came not from the most revered Maginoo clans of the Aswangs. Rather, he was born as an unholy offspring between a humble farmer and a female aswang in a small rural human barangay. * His mother was merely an unknown low-level ghoul and had died upon his birth; and his father, who truly loved the creature, raised him as best as he could as if he was a regular human child. - pandesalbread2yrCommented
Aswang- n. an umbrella term for various shape-shifting evil creatures in Filipino folklore, such as vampires, ghouls, witches, viscera suckers, and werebeasts. Babaylan- n. Philippine shamans; specialized in communicating, appeasing, or harnessing the spirits of the dead and the spirits of nature.
Thirteen years ago, a war broke out between the Aswangs* of the northern mountains and the Babaylans of the Human Realm.