Glossary

Alimasag - Crab

At - And

Ate - Older sister, honorific

Bagoong - Shrimp paste

Bangus - Milkfish

Gabi - Yucca root

Ka - used with the name of an older sibling, honorific

Kiskisan - Tita Nette emphasized the sanitary concerns and detailed the way rice was harvested in the Philippines while she was growing up – in rice mills called kiskisan, where workers would step on the rice with their feet to remove the hull. This is why she stresses the importance of washing rice.

Kuya - Older brother, honorific

Lola - Grandma

Lolo - Grandpa

Mabolo - a peach-like fruit

Malagkit - sticky, as in sticky rice

Nanay - Mom

Pakwan - Watermelon

Palengke - large open-air market common in the Philippines

Patis - Fish sauce

Piyesta/Fiesta - Party

Sa - all-purpose preposition that can mean to, from, at, on, toward, as, etc.

Sabaw - Soup, broth

Sampalok - Tamarind

Suka - Vinegar

Tatay - Dad

Tita - Aunt

Tito - Uncle