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Here are some examples of words with meanings unique to Philippine English: Accomplish [5] — To fill out a form. (Original meaning: to finish successfully) Advanced [7] [5] — Indicates that a clock or watch is ahead of the standard time. (Original meaning: state-of-the-art) Blowout [27] — To treat somebody with a meal; [60] a birthday ...
The following is a list of adjectival and demonymic forms of countries and nations in English and their demonymic equivalents. A country adjective describes something as being from that country, for example, " Italian cuisine " is "cuisine of Italy".
[1] [2] These laws determine who is, or is eligible to be, a national of Namibia. [3] The legal means to acquire nationality, formal legal membership in a nation, differ from the domestic relationship of rights and obligations between a national and the nation, known as citizenship. Nationality describes the relationship of an individual to the ...
The UP Diksiyonaryong Filipino (UPDF; "UP Filipino Dictionary") is a series of monolingual Filipino dictionaries. The dictionaries were created by the Sentro ng Wikang Filipino of the University of the Philippines, with Virgilio S. Almario, National Artist for Literature and a professor at the University of the Philippines Diliman, as editor-in-chief.
[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.
Filipino slang (2 P) Pages in category "Filipino dictionaries" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. U
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
The term "Mansaka" derives from "man" with literal meaning "first" and "saka" meaning "to ascend," and means "the first people to ascend mountains/upstream." The term most likely describes the origin of these people who are found today in Davao del Norte and Davao del Sur .