BAKA

This Tagalog word has at least two meanings.


baka
cow

from the Spanish word vaca


Gatasin mo ang baka.
Milk the cow.


Ginatas ko ang baka.
I milked the cow.





baka
perhaps, maybe, might


Baka magalit si Lola.
Grandma might get mad.


Baka hindi nila alam.
Maybe they don't know.


Baka magkasit ka.
You might get sick.