BAHAY NA BATO

• TEHADO/TEJADO


  roof finished with curved or flat pieces of burnt-clay tiles
• TEHA


  One of the thin roofing tiles covering the roof made from burnt-clay and is approximately semicylindrical and tapering in shape.
• TEJA CANALADA


  semicylindrical roofing tile
• TEJA PLANA


  flat roofing tile
• BALUSTRE


  One of the upright and short vertical woods or clay members serving as railing of stair, open deck, and bintanilya
• BINTANANG CAPIS


  wooden-framed checkerboard design window, often sliding in operation, with 1 a pane of capiz shell that provides a non-glary and diffuse light to the interior.
• CAPIS


  One of the small squares, translucent shells, used as windowpane in a capiz window, from the clam "placuna placenta."
• CONCHERIA


  In a capiz window, an assembly of capiz panes fixed by a wooden frame.
• CONCHA


  In a capiz window, a piece of capiz pane fixed by a wooden frame.
• MIRADOR


  A viewing space on a towerlike structure built above the main house or at an azotea and surrounded by windows or decorative latticework.
• ASOTEA


  The flat roof of the alhibe (cistern) usually at the back of the kusina (kitchen) and is used as an elevate outdoor terrace or service area
• BANYO


  intended for washing or bathing
• KUBETA


  toilet
• KAIDA


  antesala; A transition space right after the stair, leading to sala (living) or to komedor (dining). Kaida is from the Spanish verb "caer" (to fall) and is said to be a place where ladies let their trains fall.
• KUSINA


  kitchen
• KUWARTO


  bedroom; A room usually adjacent to the sala (living room) with kama (bed), tokador (dresser), aparador (cabinet) and mesa (table).
• KOMEDOR


  dining; the space adjacent to the kusina (kitchen) where meals are served.
• SALA


  living room; e central room in a Filipino house often facing the street or plaza and is used as the family's leisure and social activities' room
• DISPENSA


  pantry; service room adjacent to a kusina (kitchen) and komedor (dining) for storing food supplies and other provisions.
• BODEGA


  storage room
• SAGUAN


  entrance hall; The space, after the entrance, that serves as transition space between the entrance and the grand stairs to the upper floor that is used as storage for carriages, processional floats and where other implements are kept.
• ALHIBE


  cistern; An enclosed masonry structure for storing water for household and other uses.
• KALADO


  Fretwork. One of the upright ornamental wood panels, with decorative patterns, formed by perforations above window headers or door jambs as wall decorations to allow added and cross ventilation
• KISAME


  ceiling; The overhead, often horizontal surface in a room either made of wood or metal. It is intended to both conceal the underside of roofs or floors and provide a decorative overhead surface
• KOSTILYAHE


  ceiling joist; One of the series of square or rectangular lumbers to which the ceiling is fixed.
• ARTESONADO


  a coffered, carved or highly patterned wooden ceiling
• ESPEJO


  A panel between the window header and the eaves for exterior wall and above the door jamb and ceiling for interior partition. It is either of wood framed checkerboard design with capiz for additional natural light or, kalado (pierced work) for added ventilation.
• PERSIANA


  Louver Window. A window with wooden frame and thin slanting wooden slats that is either fixed or movable as solar protection to admit natural ventilation
• SAHIG/ZUELO


  floor; The horizontal, levelled surface in a room on which one walks and stands.
• HIERRO GALVANIZADO


  galvanized roof
• PALUPO


  ridge; The topmost part of a roof where two sloping roofing surfaces meet.
• LIMA HOYA


  valley; The intersection between two sloping roof surfaces where rainwater flows.
• LIMA TESA


  hip; The sloping ridge formed by the junction of two adjacent pitched roofs.
• VENTANA DE ABANICO


  fanlight; A half-circle window above the door transom with radiating wood or metal bars typifying an open fan.
• ANTEFIJA


  antefix; An ornament, usually fret or pierced work above the senepa (eaves fascia) as roof decoration
• KOLONET


  Colonnete. An upright and slender decorative wood column usually placed between window opening.
• BRAKET


  bracket; A decorative element of wood or metal provided below the roof's eaves or "bolada."
• ALERO


  eaves; The lower end of the roof projecting beyond the wall board often with a decorative pierced work of wood board or metal sheet.
• PASAMANO


  window sill; The horizontal member between window opening and bintanilya (small window) that serves both as base of the window and handrail.
• BOLADA/VOLADA


  A portion of the upper floor structure that protrudes the lower floor exterior wall to provide additional space on the upper floor and shades for the lower floor. Bolada is said to be a shortened term of "galleria volada" (flying gallery).