Kuya is used to address an older brother while ate is used to address an older sister. Both are used with or without the person's name. Ate Precy is an example with the older sister's name. Relatives such as the siblings of parents are also addressed in Filipino as auntie and uncle....
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the chronicler of Ferdinand Magellan's westward navigation of the world and his 1521 arrival in Samar and Cebu, noted the word "tinapai" in his early lexicographic
her little brother, the boy like a cat waiting all night purring for a rubbing on his back, leaps to his feet, . begging her to stay. She flicks her fan to spread the coolness, and he gropes for the arts of her comfort, the tucking . into the soft bed, rocking him to the wind...
In some creation myth, Apolaki is the brother of Mayari and the son of Bathala. ‘Harmful’ Tagalog Deities in Ancient Philippine Mythology InOutline of Philippine Mythology, F. Landa Jocano wrote, “The ancient Tagalogs also believed in the final judgment of men—that is, the punishing of...