Buhawi refers to which?

• A. A tornado, specifically in the Philippines.
• B. A sound or noise, often used in context.
• C. Happiness or joy.
• D. Concealed or hidden for safekeeping.

Answer: (A)

This item tests Filipino vocabulary for natural phenomena. Buhawi is used to describe a tornado or violent whirlwind, a rotating column of air that can form a funnel and cause damage—something you’d hear about in weather reports or in descriptions of storms in the Philippines. It isn’t a word for a sound or noise, which would be something like tunog or ingay; it isn’t a word for happiness or joy, which would be kaligayahan or tuwa; and it isn’t a word for something concealed or stored away, which would be itinatago or nakatago. So the term best matches the idea of a tornado/whirlwind specific to Filipino usage.