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An amah ( Portuguese: ama, German: Amme, Medieval Latin: amma, simplified Chinese: 阿妈; traditional Chinese: 阿 媽; pinyin: ā mā; Wade–Giles: a¹ ma¹) or ayah ( Portuguese: aia, Latin: avia, Tagalog: yaya) is a girl or woman employed by a family to clean, look after children, and perform other domestic tasks. Amah is the usual version ...
Lintik. Lintik is a Tagalog word meaning "lightning", also a mildly profane word used to someone contemptible, being wished to be hit by lightning, such as in " Lintik ka!''. [ 2] The term is mildly vulgar and an insult, but may be very vulgar in some cases, [ 20] especially when mixed with other profanity.
IFI – Iglesia Filipina Independiente. INC – Iglesia ni Cristo. JIL – Jesus Is Lord Church Worldwide. JIOSWM – Jesus Is Our Shield Worldwide Ministries (Oras ng Himala) JMC – Jesus Miracle Crusade. KJC – Kingdom of Jesus Christ. LAMP – Lighthouse Apostolic Ministry of Pentecost. MCGI – Members Church of God International.
AMA International University is a partnership between the government of Bahrain and AMA Education System serving AMA's ICT programs in the Arab Region. AMA Computer Learning Center (ACLC College) offers shorter Information Technology-related programs. ABE International Business College offers Business Administration, Hotel and Restaurant ...
t. e. Philippine kinship uses the generational system in kinship terminology to define family. It is one of the most simple classificatory systems of kinship. One's genetic relationship or bloodline is often overridden by the desire to show proper respect that is due in the Philippine culture to age and the nature of the relationship, which are ...
In the indigenous religion of the ancient Tagalogs, Bathalà/Maykapál was the transcendent Supreme God, [1] the originator and ruler of the universe. He is commonly known and referred to in the modern era as Bathalà, a term or title which, in earlier times, also applied to lesser beings such as personal tutelary spirits, omen birds, comets, and other heavenly bodies which the early Tagalog ...
v. t. e. In the Philippine languages, a system of titles and honorifics was used extensively during the pre-colonial era, mostly by the Tagalogs and Visayans. These were borrowed from the Malay system of honorifics obtained from the Moro peoples of Mindanao, which in turn was based on the Indianized Sanskrit honorifics system [ 1] and the ...
Philippine mythology. Agimat, also known as anting or folklorized as anting-anting, is a Filipino word for "amulet" or "charm". [ 1] Anting-anting is also a Filipino system of magic and sorcery with special use of the above-mentioned talismans, amulets, and charms. Other general terms for agimat include virtud (Virtue) and galing (Prowess).