Meaning of "wife"

wife •

n.
• • a married woman: asawa, maybahay, misis

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mistress

n.
• • 1. the woman who is at the head of the household: maybahay, ina ng tahanan, madre de pamilya, ginang
  • 2. a title given to woman who has a thorough knowledge or mastery of something, feminine form of "master": dalubhasang babae, babaing bihasang-bihasa (bihasang-bihasa), babaing espesyalista
  • 3. a woman teaching in a school, or giving lessons in a special subject: maestra, guro
  • 4. a woman principal of a school: prinsipal, prinsipal, punong-guro babai
  • 5. a woman who improperly occupies the place of a wife: kerida, babae, kinakasama

aunt

n.
• • 1. sister of ones father or mother: tiya, tiya, kaka
  • 2. an uncles wife: tiyahin

match

n.
• • 1. a person or thing equal to another or much like another, an equal: kapareho, kasukat
  • 2. a pair that fit: pareha, tambal, pares
  • 3. a person considered as a possible husband or wife: magaling (kabagay) na maging kabiyak, bagay na maging asawa (na mapangasawa)

v.
• • 1. to find the equal of or one exactly like: magpareha, ipareha
  • 2. to be similar, go well together: bumagay, magkabagay, tumugma, magkatugma, umagpang, magkaagpang
  • 3. to be equal to in a contest: pumantay, pantayan, ipantay, pumareho, parehuhan, ipareho
  • 4. to put or place the equal amount or value: tumumbas, tumbasan, pumantay, pantayan
  • 5. to try ones skill, strength, etc., against, oppose: lumaban, labanan, ilaban

husband

n.
• • man who has a wife: asawa

intended

adj.
• • 1. meant: hangad, hinahangad, layon, nilalayon
  • 2. intentional, designed, planned: sinadya, sinasadya, kinusa, kinukusa

n.
• • an intended husband or wife (coll): ang magiging asawa, ang mapapangasawa, nobyo/a

queen

n.
• • 1. woman ruler of a kingdom, a kings wife: reyna
  • 2. a woman who reigns in some sphere: reyna, bulaklak

marriage

n.
• • 1. the ceremony of marriage: pagkakasal
  • 2. a wedding: kasal, kasalan
  • 3. living together as husband and wife, married life: buhay may asawa, pag-sasamang mag-asawa

daughter-in-law

n.
• • wife of ones son: manugang na babae

asawa

n.
• • wife/husband, spouse (term of reference)

maybahay

n.
• • wife (term reference)

inso

Ch n.
• • appellation for the wife of an elder brother or male cousin

bukod

v.
• • bumukod (-um-) to separate from, to segregate. Bumukod na siya sa amin. He separated himself from us. magbukod, ibukod (mag-:i-)

v.
• • to set apart, to exclude, to set aside. Ibukod mo ang para kay Dadong. Set aside what is for Dadong. bukod conj. besides, in addition to. bukod sa asawa niya... besides his wife...

bilas

n.
• • brother-in-law's wife or sister-in-law's husband (term of reference)