Ay Ewan! Is the way 18th century Tagalogs said, "I don't know." Browsing through the 1794 Vocabulario de la lengua tagala compil...

If I had a Time Machine I would visit... This 19th century photograph of the U...

Ay Ewan! Is the way 18th century Tagalogs said, "I don't know."
Browsing through the 1794 Vocabulario de la lengua tagala compil...

Ay Ewan! Is the way 18th century Tagalogs said, "I don't know."
Browsing through the 1794 Vocabulario de la lengua tagala compiled by fray Domingo de los Santos provides hours and hours of fun. I did not know that "boa" was the synonym for "poqui" (vagina) and that the vulgar phrase "boa[ka] nang Ynang mo" was already in use in the 18thC.
My Inquirer column today is on History from dictionaries.
https://opinion.inquirer.net/164878/h...