TAGALOG LANG Did you know that Tagalog Lang translates as "Tagalog Only" in Tagalog?

flame

nagniningas
flaming


apoy na nagniningas
fire that's blazing


nagniningas na apoy
blazing fire


usok na nagniningas
smoke that's flaming


nagniningas na usok
flaming smoke


A similar Tagalog word is nag-aalab (blazing).

ningas-kugon / ningas kugon
"flaming cogon grass" = quickly going up in flames
- refers to the Filipino cultural trait of very enthusiastically starting things, but then quickly losing enthusiasm soon after