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Budots is a Bisaya slang word for slacker (Tagalog: tambay). [1] An undergraduate thesis published in University of the Philippines Mindanao suggests the slang originated from the Bisaya word burot meaning "to inflate," a euphemism to the glue-sniffing juvenile delinquents called "rugby boys."
Visayan pop, better known as Vispop (not to be confused with the Scandinavian musical genre), is short for Visayan popular music.Despite its name, it usually refers to popular music in the Cebuano language; pop music sung in other Visayan languages is known by other terms.
May I Sing To You: 1966 1969 Helen: 1970 Dance-O-Rama: 1963 1972 Carmen on Camera: 1968 For Men Only: Ituloy Ang Saya! 1971 Adlibs with Cheche Lazaro: 1992 1992 K-TV: 1993 P.O.P.S.: Pops On Primetime Saturday: 1996 Showtime Funtime: 1992 Music Bureau: 1993 1998 Vina: 1994 Video Hot Tracks: 1994 2000 Eezy Dancing: May 12, 1996 January 27, 2002 ...
Cebuano (/ s ɛ ˈ b w ɑː n oʊ / se-BWAH-noh) [2] [3] [4] is an Austronesian language spoken in the southern Philippines by Cebuano people and other Ethnic groups as secondary language. . It is natively, though informally, called by its generic term Bisayâ ([bisəˈjaʔ]) or Binisayâ ([bɪniːsəˈjaʔ]) (both terms are translated into English as Visayan, though this should not be ...
Romblomanon or Bisaya/Binisaya nga Romblomanon is an Austronesian regional language spoken, along with Asi and Onhan, in the province of Romblon in the Philippines. The language is also called Ini , Tiyad Ini , Basi , Niromblon , and Sibuyanon .
The term Waray comes from the word often heard by non-speakers meaning 'none' or 'nothing' in the language; similarly, Cebuanos are known in Leyte as mga Kana and their language as Kana (after the oft-heard word kana, meaning 'that' in the Cebuano language). [not verified in body] The Cebuano pronunciation of Waray is walay with the same meaning.
Bisalog, also Tagbis, is a portmanteau of the words "Bisaya" and "Tagalog", referring to either a Visayan language or Tagalog being infused with words or expressions from the other. It can also be an informal term for Visayan languages spoken in Mimaropa, or Tagalog dialects infused with words from Visayan languages spoken there, such as in ...
Visayans were first referred to by the general term Pintados ("the painted ones") by the Spanish, in reference to the prominent practice of full-body tattooing (). [6] The word Bisaya, on the other hand, was first documented in Spanish sources in reference to the non-Ati inhabitants of the island of Panay.