ILONG

pronounced EE-long

i·lóng

ilong
nose

malaking ilong
big nose

ilong na malaki
big nose

matangos na ilong
a pointed nose
(what most Filipinos consider ideal,
as opposed to a flat nose)

pangong ilong / ilong na pango
a flat nose, a snub nose

sarat na ilong
a flat nose, a snubnose

butas ng ilong
“nose hole”
= nostril

Nagdugo ang ilong. 
Nose bled.

As an aside, “nosebleed” in the Philippines is slang referring to difficulty in expressing oneself in a foreign language.


Similar-looking but unrelated word: ilog (river)


KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG

ilóng: bahagi ng mukha na ginagamit sa pag-amoy at paghinga

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