What is the meaning of 'beet' in Tagalog or Filipino?

Are you asking for how the English word "beet" (the root crop) translates to Tagalog? I'm not aware of any word that stands for beet because it's not a common crop in the Philippines. I've never seen beets in the market or grocery when I was growing up. read more

Evelyn suggested singkamas, but that crop is only distantly related to beets. Singkamas is called jicama in the US, they're more like turnips than beets. Or are you asking for the meaning of a Tagalog word that you think is spelled as "beet," as there are no Tagalog/Filipino words spelled that way. read more

Filipino is largely built on Tagalog but includesmany words from other Filipino languages like Cebuano.According to linguists, a dialect is a variant of the samelanguage. So technically, Filipino is a dialect of Tagalog . Hence, Tagalog is practically the nationallanguage of the Philippines. read more

(Beta vulgaris) Beets, sugar beets--the ones that belong in salads. They bleed profusely when cut open (and they stain fabrics really bad). read more