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.