pasalubong
Language: Tagalog · [pasaˈlubɔŋ] · Pronunciation: pah-sah-LOO-bong
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Meaning
a gift you bring home from a trip for the people waiting
The story
Salubong is meeting someone on arrival, and pasalubong is what you carry for the people who meet you. Filipinos coming home from abroad fill whole suitcases with it, and the family expects nothing less. English falls back on souvenirs, which are usually for yourself.
The four rounds
- Which language is it from?
- Tagalog
- When is it expected?
- When you are back from a trip abroad
- Where would you hear it?
- An arrivals hall, cousins eyeing your bags
- What does it mean?
- Something brought back for those at home
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