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[2] [page needed] [3] A Pinoy who has any non-Filipino foreign ancestry is often informally called Tisoy. Many Filipinos refer to themselves as Pinoy, sometimes the feminine Pinay (/ p ɪ ˈ n aɪ / Tagalog:), instead of the standard term Filipino. [2] [page needed] Filipino is the widespread formal word used to call a citizen of the Philippines.
The term Filipino was sometimes added by Spanish writers to distinguish the indio chino native of the Philippine archipelago from the indio of the Spanish colonies in the Americas. [56] [58] [54] The term Indio Filipino appears as a term of self-identification beginning in the 18th century. [54]
From Tagalog. The Tagalog term is possibly from Japanese. Santan [16] — The Ixora coccinea. Santol [16] — The fruit of Sandoricum koetjape. Sari-sari store [16] [5] — A small variety (or sundry) store. The term sari-sari is from Tagalog, Senatoriable [56] — A likely or confirmed candidate for being a senator.
The pre-colonial native Filipino script called baybayin was derived from the Brahmic scripts of India and first recorded in the 16th century. [13] According to Jocano, 336 loanwords in Filipino were identified by Professor Juan R. Francisco to be Sanskrit in origin, "with 150 of them identified as the origin of some major Philippine terms."
By the late 20th century, dogs commonly seen wandering the streets were called "askal", a Tagalog-derived portmanteau of asong kalye, which literally means street dog. In 2007, the Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) suggested the alternative term "aspin", short for asong Pinoy (Pinoy dog) to avoid the stigma associated with the term ...
The term is commonly incorrectly applied to trans women. [ 6 ] Bakla are socially and economically integrated into Filipino society , having been accepted by society prior to Western colonization, many of which were held in high regard and performed the role of spiritual leaders known as babaylan , katalonan , and other shamans in the ...
PBB – Pinoy Big Brother; PBO – Pinoy Box Office; PBL – Philippine Basketball League; PCAP – Professional Chess Association of the Philippines; PFL – Philippines Football League; PKP-1930 – Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas-1930; PPCRV – Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting; PSL – Philippine Superliga; Pilipinas Super League
It is a form of slang that uses words and terms primarily from Philippine English, Tagalog/Filipino, and/or Cebuano and Hiligaynon, and occasionally as well as Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Sanskrit, or other languages. Names of celebrities, fictional characters, and trademarks are also often used.