utang na loob
/ˌuːtaŋ nə ˈlɒb/Philippine English
noun
A sense of obligation to return a favour owed to someone.
Origin
1960s; earliest use found in Southwestern Journal Anthropology. From Tagalog utang na loob from utang debt, indebtedness + na, connective + loob one's own volition, inner self, lit. ‘inside’.
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