boo 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!"

_Malacanang:_ 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.

_naku:_ 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.

_panguinguera:_ A woman addicted to _panguingui_, this being chiefly
a feminine diversion in the Philippines.

_pansit:_ A soup made of Chinese vermicelli.

_pansiteria:_ A shop where _pansit_ is prepared and sold.

_panuelo:_ A starched neckerchief folded stiffly over the shoulders,
fastened in front and falling in a point behind: the most distinctive
portion of the customary dress of Filipino women.

_peso:_ A silver coin, either the Spanish peso or the Mexican dollar,
about the size of an American dollar and of approximately half
its value.

_petate:_ Sleeping-mat woven from palm leaves.

_pina:_ Fine cloth made from pineapple-leaf fibers.

_Provincial:_ The head of a religious order in the Philippines.

_punales:_ "Daggers!"

_querida:_ A paramour, mistress: from the Spanish "beloved."

_real:_ One-eighth of a peso, twenty cuartos.

_sala:_ The principal room in the more pretentious Philippine houses.

_salakot:_ Wide hat of palm or bamboo, distinctively Filipino.

_sampaguita:_ The Arabian jasmine: a small, white, very fragrant
flower, extensively cultivated, and worn in chaplets and rosaries by
women and girls--the typical Philippine flower.

_sipa_: A game played with a hollow ball of plaited bamboo or rattan,
by boys standing in a circle, who by kicking it with their heels
endeavor to keep it from striking the ground.