Meaning of "poor"

poor •

adj.
• • 1. having a few things or nothing: mahirap, maralita, dukha, pobre
  • 2. not good in quality, lacking something: hindi (di) mabuti, masama, mahina, walang kuwenta, hindi magaling
  • 3. unfortunate, needing pity: kaawa-awa, kahabag-habag
  • 4. lowly, common, insignificant: aba, hamak

n.
• • poor people: ang mga mahirap (pobre, dukha, maralita, dahop, salat)

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weak

adj.
• • 1. lacking physical strength, feeble: mahina
  • 2. lacking in power to perform a function properly: mahina
  • 3. of less than the usual strength, e.g., in taste: di matapang, matabang, walang tapang
  • 4. weak, due to decay: marupok, gato, mahina
  • 5. weak, due to tiredness: lupaypay, nanlalambot, nanlalata
  • 6. weak, due to poor construction or poor materials used: mahina

n.
• • a person or thing that is weak: ang mahina

illness

n.
• • 1. sickness, poor health: sakit, karamdaman
  • 2. being sick: pagkakasakit

sickness

n.
• • 1. illness, poor health, disease: sakit, pagkakasakit, karamdaman, pagkakaramdam
  • 2. nausea, vomiting: pagsuka, pagsusuka, pagduwal

sorry

adj.
• • 1. feeling sad: nalulungkot, nagdaramdam
  • 2. wretched, poor, pitiful: kaawa-awa, nakaaawa
  • 3. feeling regret or penitence: nagsisisi, pinagsisisihan

destitute

adj.
• • 1. very poor, lacking necessary food and clothing: hikahos, dahop, salat, napakadukha, dukhang-dukha, hirap na hirap
  • 2. entirely without: wala, walangwala

eyeglasses

n.
• • 1. lens to aid poor vision: salamin (sa mata)
  • 2. to wear or use eyeglasses: magsalamin

indigent

adj.
• • poor, destitute: dukha, maralita, mahirap

beggar

n.
• • one who lives by begging, a very poor person: pulubi begin

v.
• • to start, commence: magsimula, simulan, mag-umpisa, umpisahan

sick

adj.
• • 1. in poor health, having some disease: may sakit, may karamdaman
  • 2. vomiting: nagsusuka
  • 3. affected with sorrow or longing: nahahapis, nalulungkot, nalulumbay

n.
• • sick people: maysakit, mga maysakit

pobre

adj.
• • poor

ambag

n.
• • contribution, share in a collective affair mag-ambag, iambag (mag-:i-)

v.
• • to contribute, to give a share of any kind. Mag-ambag tayo para sa mga mahihirap. Let's give something for the poor.

dampa

n.
• • hut, hovel (poor and small) [syn. barong-barong]

dukha

adj.
• • poor, destitute

maralita

adj.
• • poor, indigent (from dalita') [syn. dukha']

alipusta

v.
• • mangalipusta, alipustahin (mang-:-in) to maltreat, to ridicule, to deride, to insult. Nangalipusta siya ng mahihirap. He insulted the poor.

hirap

adj.
• • mahirap (ma-) poor, difficult, hard, destitute

v.
• • humirap (-um-) to become difficult. Humirap ang buhay. Life became (more) difficult. mahirap (ma-)

v.
• • to be hard, difficult. Mahirap mag-alaga ng bata. It's hard to take care of children. hirin

n.
• • choking (by a lump in the throat)

dalita

adj.
• • maralita' (ma-) indigent, poor