Glossary - Page 2 of 4
(English version of “El Filibusterismo”)
- cigarrera
- A woman working in a cigar or cigarette factory.
- Civil Guard
- Internal quasi-military police force of Spanish officers and native soldiers.
- cochero
- Carriage driver, coachman.
- cuarto
- A copper coin, one hundred and sixty of which were equal in value to a silver peso.
- filibuster
- A native of the Philippines who was accused of advocating their separation from Spain.
- filibusterism
- See filibuster.
- gobernadorcillo
Petty governor,
the principal municipal official—also, in Manila, the head of a commercial guild.
- gumamela
- The hibiscus, common as a garden shrub in the Philippines.
- Indian
- The Spanish designation for the Christianized Malay of the Philippines was indio (Indian), a term used rather contemptuously, the name Filipino being generally applied in a restricted sense to the children of Spaniards born in the Islands.
- kalan
- The small, portable, open, clay fireplace commonly used in cooking.
- kalikut
- A short section of bamboo for preparing the buyo; a primitive betel-box.
- kamagon
- A tree of the ebony family, from which fine cabinet-wood is obtained. Its fruit is the mabolo, or date-plum.
- lanete
- A variety of timber used in carving.
- linintikan
- A Tagalog exclamation of disgust or contempt—
thunder!
- Malacañang
- The palace of the Captain-General: from the vernacular name of the place where it stands,
fishermen’s resort.
- Malecon
- A drive along the bay shore of Manila, opposite the Walled City.
- Mestizo
- A person of mixed Filipino and Spanish blood; sometimes applied also to a person of mixed Filipino and Chinese blood.
- nakú
- A Tagalog exclamation of surprise, wonder, etc.
- narra
- The Philippine mahogany.
- nipa
- Swamp palm, with the imbricated leaves of which the roofs and sides of the common native houses are constructed.
- novena
- A devotion consisting of prayers recited for nine consecutive days, asking for some special favor; also, a booklet of these prayers.
- panguingui
- A complicated card-game, generally for small stakes, played with a monte deck.