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An example is the Tagalog word libre, which is derived from the Spanish translation of the English word free, although used in Tagalog with the meaning of "without cost or payment" or "free of charge", a usage which would be deemed incorrect in Spanish as the term gratis would be more fitting; Tagalog word libre can also mean free in aspect of ...
Dialect – Any of the languages of the Philippines other than Tagalog (Original meaning: a variety of a standard language) Duster [28] — A loose dress wore in (and near) one’s house. (Original meaning: a cleaning tool) Gets [18] — Slang for understand. Commonly used in Taglish. (Original meaning: to have, achieve, obtain something)
In order to evidentiate the words on the list, there must be a dictionary of a proto-Philippine language first. If a Tagalog word doesn’t seem to evolve from any proto-Philippine language word, that that is the only time a word can be even be considered as a loan from any Austronesian languages to the south of the Philippines.
The calques manifest themselves as idioms and expressions and many have gone on to become clichés. However standalone words are very few. The following is a list of commonly used calque phrases/expressions.All of these are exact translations of the corresponding English phrases. Simha bhagam (സിംഹ ഭാഗം) lion's share
The word calque is a loanword, while the word loanword is a calque: calque comes from the French noun calque ("tracing; imitation; close copy"); [5] while the word loanword and the phrase loan translation are translated from German nouns Lehnwort [6] and Lehnübersetzung (German: [ˈleːnʔybɐˌzɛt͡sʊŋ] ⓘ).
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