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

root word: likod (back, behind)

palikuran
a toilet, especially an outhouse


makabagong palikuran
modern toilet

Filipinos more often use the Spanish-derived word for 'bathroom' which is banyo.


Nasaan ang banyo?
Where's the bathroom?


The Filipino word for toilet bowl is inodoro, also from the Spanish


inodoro
toilet bowl


A Filipino slang term for 'bathroom' is Conference Room.

The acronym CR is used for "Comfort Room" which in the Philippines is a euphemism for the bathroom or what the British calls the WC or water closet.


Sandali. Mag-si-CR muna ako.
Wait. I'm going to the bathroom first.