root word: kaba
kaba
palpitation
palpitation
kaba
premonition
premonition
kinakabahan
is nervous
Kinakabahan ako.
I’m nervous.
Bakit ka kinakabahan?
Why are you nervous?
Ninenerbyos ako.
I’m feeling nervous.
ninenerbiyos
being nervous
Kaba is like having a faint premonition that something bad might happen. Nerbyos is just the usual nerves.
