- pagmumuling-gamit = recycle (original translation of Renier Martin D. De Grano, Area Studies)
- pakikibagay, pakiki-angkop = flexibility
- tagus-tagusan = see-through
- kauswagan = development
- likas-kayang pag-uswag, likas-kayang pag-unlad = sustaintable development
- karukhaan, karalitaan, kahirapan = poverty