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The letters C/c, F/f, J/j, Ñ/ñ, Q/q, V/v, X/x, and Z/z are not used in most native Filipino words, but they are used in a few to some native and non-native Filipino words that are and that already have been long adopted, loaned, borrowed, used, inherited and/or incorporated, added or included from the other languages of and from the Philippines, including Chavacano and other languages that ...
The abbreviation viz. (or viz without a full stop) is short for the Latin videlicet, which itself is a contraction of the Latin phrase videre licet, meaning "it is permitted to see". [1] [2] [3] It is used as a synonym for "namely", "that is to say", "to wit
The awit (Tagalog for "song" [1]) is a type of Filipino poem, consisting of 12-syllable quatrains.It follows the pattern of rhyming stanzas [which?] established in the Philippine epic Pasyon.
This is a list of acronyms in the Philippines. [1] They are widely used in different sectors of Philippine society. Often acronyms are utilized to shorten the name of an institution or a company.
A common practice in the orthography of some of the Philippine languages during the Spanish colonial period up to the 1960s was the use of tilde written over g̃, a letter which was notably used to shorten the words nang (ergative case marker) and man͠gá (pluralization particle) into ng̃ and mg̃á respectively. No literature could be found ...
Wit is a form of intelligent humour—the ability to say or write things that are clever and typically funny. [1] Someone witty is a person who is skilled at making clever and funny remarks. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Forms of wit include the quip , repartee , and wisecrack .
Adobo [4] — A Philippine dish. From Spanish. Agawan base [citation needed] — A team game whose main objective is to touch the base of the opposition without getting tagged. Called washington in Baguio. Aggrupation [5] [6] — A group or an organization. Anglicized from Spanish. Aircon [7] [8] — Short for air conditioner.
In the Spanish colonial era, Philip II of Spain decreed that the nobility in the Philippine islands should retain their pre-hispanic honours and privileges. [b] In the modern times, these are retained on a traditional basis as the 1987 Constitution explicitly reaffirms the abolition of royal and noble titles in the republic. [4] [5] [6] [7]