utang-na-loob

See also: utang na loob

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• otang na loob, otang loob — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• utang na loob — common
• utang ng loob
• utang-loob — obsolete

Etymology

Literally, “owed will; heart debt; internal debt”.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˌʔutaŋ na loˈʔob/ [ˌʔuː.t̪ɐŋ n̪ɐ loˈʔob̚]
• Rhymes: -ob
• Syllabification: u‧tang-na-lo‧ob

Noun

utang-na-loób (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜆᜅ᜔ᜈᜎᜓᜂᜊ᜔)

1. (idiomatic) sense of gratitude; debt of gratitude

   May utang-na-loob ako sa pagtulong niya sa akin.

   I owe him one for his help.

Derived terms

• kawalang-utang-na-loob

 

Related terms

• utanging-loob

 

See also

• basag ang loob
• buo ang loob
• hulog ng loob
• lakas ng loob
• sakit ng loob
• sama ng loob
• sira ang loob
• tibay ng loob

 

Interjection

utang-na-loób (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜆᜅ᜔ᜈᜎᜓᜂᜊ᜔)

1. please!; God forbid!

   Synonym: sige na

   Utang-na-loob, maglaan ka ng kaunti para may sapat tayong makain.

   I beg of you, share a little so we'd have enough to eat.

2. for crying out loud!

   Utang-na-loob, umalis ka diyan!

   For crying out loud, get out of here!

Further reading

• “utang-na-loob” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “utang-na-loob”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 1369.
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[2] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[3], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 448: “Obligaçion) Otang loob (pp) q̃ vno tiene a otro, duo dic: ano cayang otang cong loob ſaiyo? que obligaçionte tengo yo? malacqi din ang otang mong loob ſaacqin, grande obligacion me tienes”