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  2. Philippine English vocabulary - Wikipedia

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    Kikay [5] — A girl or woman interested in fashion and beauty products; a flirtatious girl or woman; girly. From Tagalog. Kikay kit [5] [10] — A soft case in which a woman's toiletries and cosmetics are stored. Kundol [44] — winter melon; Kuya [15] [5] — older brother. [43] From Tagalog. Lambanog [16] — A traditional Filipino distilled ...

  3. Tagalog profanity - Wikipedia

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    Hiya is a Filipino psychological concept similar to face and modesty in other cultures. Author Mary Isabelle Bresnahan has described it thus: "just as the sensitive makahiya plant protects its inside from direct touch, so too do people hold back in defense of loob [their inner selves]."

  4. Category:Filipino slang - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Filipino slang" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. P. Pinoy; S. Swardspeak

  5. My Bebe Love: KiligPaMore - Wikipedia

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    The "bebe" in the title is a Filipino slang word meaning "baby" (term of endearment for a girlfriend or significant other) while #KiligPaMore is a hashtag that means having more of the kilig. In an interview, Sotto said that they were still in negotiations to include Maine Mendoza , Alden Richards's love interest in Eat Bulaga! ' s Kalyeserye ...

  6. Philippine kinship - Wikipedia

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    Philippine kinship uses the generational system in kinship terminology to define family. It is one of the most simple classificatory systems of kinship. One's genetic relationship or bloodline is often overridden by the desire to show proper respect that is due in the Philippine culture to age and the nature of the relationship, which are considered more important.

  7. List of loanwords in Tagalog - Wikipedia

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    For example, while the term sirang-plaka is usually encountered in many Tagalog-based works without the hyphen, there are also some instances of the term being written with the hyphen like in the case of one of the books written by the Chairman of the Commission on the Filipino Language Virgilio Almario, entitled Filipino ng mga Filipino: mga ...

  8. Courtship in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The Bagobo, on the other hand, sends a knife or a spear as a gift to the home of the courted woman for inspection. Accepting the weapon is equivalent to accepting the Filipino man's romantic intention and advances. [3] Pre-arranged marriages and betrothals are common to Filipino Muslims. These formal engagements are arranged by the parents of ...

  9. Harana (serenade) - Wikipedia

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    The harana first gained popularity in the early part of the Spanish Philippines period. Its influence comes from folk Music of Spain and the mariachi sounds of Mexico.It is a traditional form of courtship music in which a man woos a woman by singing underneath her window at night.