Pasalubong (noun)
pas-a-loo-bong
(Philipines) A gift or souvenir given to a friend or relative by a person who has returned from a trip or arrived for a visit.
Tagalog, literally ‘something for the welcoming’, from salubong ‘meet, welcome’.
Example sentences
“she brought us tasty pasalubong from her trip.”
Meraki (Μεράκι) (Greek) (noun) me-rah-kee To do something with soul, creativity, and love. When someone cooks with meraki, builds with meraki, writes with meraki, they’ve poured themselves into it. Derived…
