(informal) Contraction of ang, usually in set phrases

(indirect or object marker for nouns or phrases other than personal names); of; marks possession

The 13th letter of the abakada and the 16th letter of the modern Filipino alphabet.

a surname from Min Nan of Chinese origin / a surname from Cantonese of Chinese origin

Enclitic suffix, connecting adjectives to nouns and vice versa, after words ending in vowels, except compound words where the next stem starts with the letter (b) or (p). / Enclitic suffix, connecting adverbs to verbs and vice versa, after words ending in vowels, except compound words where the next stem starts with the letter (b) or (p).

Diminutive suffix, used to form diminutives of given names ending in vowels, often one already shortened or with a diminutive suffix.

Compound interfix, connecting the adjective stem to the noun stem, after the preceding stem ends in a vowel.

(idiomatic) to challenge someone into a brawl

someone who wants a beating

(idiomatic) to experience poverty or suffer financial hardship