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  2. Philippine English vocabulary - Wikipedia

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    Pancit [16] [5] — A Filipino dish of stir-fried egg noodles with meat, vegetables, soy sauce and other seasonings. From Chinese. Panciteria [5] — A restaurant typically serving Filipino noodles. Pasalubong [7] [5] — A Filipino tradition of giving gifts or souvenirs to family or friends after being away for a period of time. From Tagalog.

  3. List of loanwords in Tagalog - Wikipedia

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    The Filipino language incorporated Spanish loanwords as a result of 333 years of contact with the Spanish language. In their analysis of José Villa Panganiban's Talahuluganang Pilipino-Ingles (Pilipino-English dictionary), Llamzon and Thorpe (1972) pointed out that 33% of word root entries are of Spanish origin.

  4. Tagalog profanity - Wikipedia

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    The two Tagalog words for feces, tae and dumi, are closer to the sense of the English poop. [3] In fact, these words are often used even in medical contexts: a pagtae is a bowel movement, while pagtatae references diarrhea. [20] Tae, is, however, considered by some to be slightly more crass than the more euphemistic dumi. [21]

  5. Filipino proverbs - Wikipedia

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    Filipino proverbs or Philippine proverbs [1] are traditional sayings or maxims used by Filipinos based on local culture, wisdom, and philosophies from Filipino life.The word Sawikain proverb corresponds to the Tagalog words salawikain, [2] [3] kasabihan [2] (saying) and sawikain [3] (although the latter may also refer to mottos or idioms), and to the Ilocano word sarsarita.

  6. List of Filipino Christmas carols and songs - Wikipedia

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    ' Filipino Christmas is the Best ', 2011), written by Robert Labayen and music by Jimmy Antiporda "Krismas Mas Mas Masaya" (2011) "Lumiliwanag ang Mundo sa Kwento ng Pasko" (lit. ' The World Shines in the Story of Christmas ', 2012), written by Robert Labayen and music by Amber Davis and Marcus Davis Jr. "Disyembre Na Naman" (lit.

  7. List of Philippine mythological creatures - Wikipedia

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    Manananggal: derived from the word, tanggal, which means "to separate" because of their ability to separate from their lower body part [65] Manaul: a sacred bird; Minokawa – a gigantic dragon-like bird. It has a beak and claws of steel. His eyes are mirrors, and each feather is a sharp sword.

  8. List of acronyms in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    LFS — League of Filipino Students; MBA – Metropolitan Basketball Association; MBC – Manila Broadcasting Company; Makati Business Club, Inc. MILF – Moro Islamic Liberation Front; MNLF – Moro National Liberation Front; MOA – Mall of Asia; MOR – My Only Radio; MPBL – Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League

  9. Filipino styles and honorifics - Wikipedia

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    The pre-colonial native Filipino script called baybayin was derived from the Brahmic scripts of India and first recorded in the 16th century. [11] 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."