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Muramasa-ba (村正刃, "Muramasa-like edge") —The first particular characteristic of his is the frequent use of a wave-shaped hamon. The hamon of Muramasa is categorized as gunome-midare, that is, it forms randomized wave-like shapes. In particular, Muramasa's gunome-midare has very long, shallow valleys between a cluster of gunome shapes. [2]
The Malay language, a Malayo-Polynesian language alongside the Philippine languages, has had an immense influence on many of the languages of the Philippines. This is because Old Malay used to be the lingua franca throughout the archipelago, a good example of this is Magellan's translator Enrique using Malay to converse with the native ...
The name "Quirino" itself was ultimately derived from the Latin Quirinus, meaning "armed with a lance." [92] Rizal. Spanish surname. The province was named after José Rizal, inspirational figure of the Philippine Revolution and national hero. "Rizal" in turn, is a modified form of the Spanish word ricial, literally meaning "able to grow back ...
Muramasa: The Demon Blade, a 2009 video game for the Wii, later released as Muramasa Rebirth on PS Vita; Mura Masa, UK electronic music artist; Muramasa Blade, a fictional sword in Marvel Comics used by Wolverine; Muramasa, one of the primary antagonists of the anime series Bleach; Full Metal Daemon: Muramasa, a 2009 visual novel by Nitroplus
The Bisayan languages or Visayan languages [1] are a subgroup of the Austronesian languages spoken in the Philippines. They are most closely related to Tagalog and the Bikol languages , all of which are part of the Central Philippine languages .
Dialect – Any of the languages of the Philippines other than Tagalog (Original meaning: a variety of a standard language) Double-deck — A bunk bed. (Original meaning: something that has two decks or levels one above the other, usually a bus or tram). Duster [28] — A loose dress wore in (and near) one’s house. (Original meaning: a ...
The pre-colonial native Filipino script called baybayin was derived from the Brahmic scripts of India and first recorded in the 16th century. [13] According to Jocano, 336 loanwords in Filipino were identified by Professor Juan R. Francisco to be Sanskrit in origin, "with 150 of them identified as the origin of some major Philippine terms."
The Kalamian languages are a small cluster of languages spoken in the Philippines: Calamian Tagbanwa and Agutaynen. Other languages called Tagbanwa, the Aborlan Tagbanwa language and Central Tagbanwa language are members of the Palawanic languages .