Meaning of "dirt"

dirt •

n.
• • 1. anything that soils skin, clothing, etc.: dumi
  • 2. dirt on the face: amos, dusing, dungis
  • 3. dirt on the body: libag, banil
  • 4. loose earth or soil: lupa
  • 5. mud: putik

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soil

n.
• • 1. earth, land: lupa
  • 2. spot, stain, dirt: batik, mantsa, bahid, dumi

v.
• • 1. to become dirty: dumumi, marumihan, maputikan, magkaputik
  • 2. to make dirty: magdumi, dumihan, dumhan, magputik, putikan
  • 3. to disgrace: dumungis, magparungis, dungisan, magbatik, batikan
  • 4. to be disgraced: madungisan, mabatikan

clay

n.
• • sticky earth which hardens when it is baked: luad, luwad clean

adj.
• • 1. without dirt: malinis
  • 2. pure: dalisay
  • 3. without moral fault: malinis

v.
• • 1. to free from dirt, soil or impurities: maglinis
  • 2. to become

clean

adj.
• • (ma-) malinis, free from dirt; clean:

v.
• • linis, to clean

cleaning

n.
• • act of freeing from dirt, etc.: linis, paglilinis

walis

n.
• • broom

v.
• • magwalis, walisin (mag-:-in) to sweep (with a broom). Magwalis ka ng bahay. Sweep the house. Walisin mo ang dumi sa balkon. Sweep up the dirt on the balcony.

banil

n.
• • adhering dirt on neck [syn. libag]

dumi

n.
• • dirt

adj.
• • madumi (ma-) dirty, unclean, filthy [var. marumi]

hilod

v.
• • maghilod, hilurin, to scrub the skin to remove dirt. Hilurin mo ang likod ko. Please scrub my back.

sukal

n.
• • dirt, refuse

libag

n.
• • dirt of the skin

dungis

n.
• • dirt on face

adj.
• • madungis (ma-) dirty (face) [var. marungis]