PAPAK
papak
to eat without rice
This Tagalog word in Chinese in origin.
Filipino dishes called ulam are expected to be eaten with kanin (cooked rice). If you eat the ulam between meals without rice, then you are engaged in papak.
There's nothing wrong in American culture if you eat fried chicken by itself, but Filipinos of the older generation expect you to eat fried chicken with rice while sitting down at the dinner table.
Huwag mong papakin ang manok!
Don't eat the chicken without rice!
Pinapak ng 'Kano ang ulam.
The Yank ate the ulam without rice.
to eat without rice
This Tagalog word in Chinese in origin.
Filipino dishes called ulam are expected to be eaten with kanin (cooked rice). If you eat the ulam between meals without rice, then you are engaged in papak.
There's nothing wrong in American culture if you eat fried chicken by itself, but Filipinos of the older generation expect you to eat fried chicken with rice while sitting down at the dinner table.
Huwag mong papakin ang manok!
Don't eat the chicken without rice!
Pinapak ng 'Kano ang ulam.
The Yank ate the ulam without rice.
Pinapak ako ng mga langgam.
The ants nibbled on me.
Ang sanggol ay pinapak ng mga daga.
The infant was feasted on by rats. (true story)