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Fathom (5-6’) Dipa A unit of length equal to six feet (1.83 meters)
used especially for measuring the depth of
water —sometimes used in the singular when
qualified by a number five fathom deep.
Mason Kantero
Metertape Metro
Mixture Timplado
Painter Pintor
Paymaster Pagador
Percentage Porsyento
Plumber Tubero
Roofer Latero
Step Baytang
Storey Palapag
Warehouseman Bodegero
Welder Soldador
Bolt Piyerno
Brace Liyabe
Brass Tumbaga
Brick Ladrilyo
Brick Hammer Piketa It can be used for cutting, cleaning and setting
bricks, stone or masonry.
Carpet Alpombra
Clamp Gato
Copper Kobre
Doorknob Busol
Drill Barena
G.I. Plain Sheet Liso Metal sheet heavily coated with protected
metallic and organic coatings. Because it is flat,
GI sheets have multiple purposes, and can be
readily transformed to various forms without
degrading the coating quality.
Iron Yero
Key Susi
Laminate Pormika
Latch Aldaba A metal bar with a catch and lever used for
fastening a door or gate.
Lead Tingga
Mallet Malyete
Mortar Agramasa
Nail Pako
Nailset Punsol
Nut Tuwerka
Ceiling Kisame
Fascia Board Senepa The long wooden board behind the gutters on
a house. It connects to the roof rafters, closes off
the attic and serves as the mount for gutters.
Flooring Suelo
Door Pinto
Eaves Alero
Garage Garahe
Garden Hardin
Hip Roof Kuwatro Aguas A roof that slopes upward from all sides of a
structure, having no vertical ends.
Kitchen Kusina
Lean-to Sibe
Overhang Bolada
Room Kuwarto
Stairs Escalera
Toilet Banyo
Wall Pader
Alternate Unosinotra
Arch Balantok
Beam Biga
Bend Bali
Bottom Chord Barakilan
Ceiling Joists Kostilyahe Any joist which carries a ceiling; one of several
small beams to which the ceiling of a room is
attached.
Compactor Pison
Concrete Slab Larga Masa Is used to create flat horizontal surfaces such as
floors, roof decks and ceilings.
Corner Kanto
Crane Gruha
Directly Rekta
Dome Bobida
Downslope Bahada
Embossed Risalte
Estimate Tanstahin
Flatten Patagin
Flushed Alahado
Framing Balangkas
Gap Biyento
Girder Gililan
Girt Sepo
Ground Fill Tambakan
Hollow Malukong
Hook Kawit
Hump Matambok
Install Ikasa
Lintel Dintel
Manually Mano-mano
Mix Halo
Nylon Tansi
Parallel Kahanay
Pattern Plantilya
Pile Pilote
Plan Plano
Plank Plantsa
Plaster Palitada
Form Porma
Post Haligi
Pulley Kalo
Pure Cement Puro
Purlin Reostra
Rafter Kilo
Ramp Rampa
Rebar Kabilya
Remove Baklasin
Ridge Kabalyete
Rough-in Abang
Sample Muestra
Sift Pambistay
Sketch Krokis
Spiral Paikid
Squared Eskwalado
Stack Salansanin
Stake Estaka
Stirrup Anilyo
Support Tukuran
Surveying Agrimensura
Transom Trabisanyo
Trench Trintsera
Unload Idiskarga
Vertical Studs Pilarete
Banister Barandilya
Baseboard Rodapis
Closed Stair Stringer Madre de Eskalera The edge of the tread is not visible and the
vertical parts of the handrail (made up of
balusters and newels) are typically attached to
the top of the stringer.
Groove Kanal
Lath Liston
Mortise Mitsa
Moulding Moldura
Nail/Dowel Tarugo
Nailer Pamakuan
Paint Pintura
Panelled De Bandeha
Putty Liston
Rag Trapo
Sandpaper Liha
Sawdust Kusot
Tressle Kabayo
Varnish Barnis