A Moro dagger or short sword with a serpentine blade.

Mohammedan Malay of southern Mindanao and Sulu.

Plaited bamboo wattle.

A woodland clearing made by burning off the trees and underbrush, for planting upland rice or camotes.

The small, portable, open, clay fireplace commonly used in cooking.

A devotion consisting of prayers recited on nine consecutive days, asking for some special favor; also, a booklet of these prayers.

A silver coin, either the Spanish peso or the Mexican dollar, about the size of an American dollar and of approximately half its value.

Water with vegetables or some acid fruit, in which fish are boiled; “fish soup.”

Outlaw, bandit. Under the old régime in the Philippines the tulisanes were those who, on account of real or fancied grievances against the authorities, or from fear of punishment for crime, or from a [..]

A Tagalog exclamation of wonder, surprise, etc., often used to introduce or emphasize a contradictory statement.