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Lintik is a Tagalog word meaning "lightning", also a mildly profane word used to someone contemptible, being wished to be hit by lightning, such as in " Lintik ka!''. [2] The term is mildly vulgar and an insult, but may be very vulgar in some cases, [20] especially when mixed with other profanity.
Swardspeak is a form of slang (and therefore highly dynamic, as opposed to colloquialisms) that is built upon preexisting languages. It deliberately transforms or creates words that resemble words from other languages, particularly English, Japanese, Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Philippine English vocabulary. As a historical colony of the United States, the Philippine English lexicon shares most of its vocabulary from American English, but also has loanwords from native languages and Spanish, as well as some usages, coinages, and slang peculiar to the Philippines. Some Philippine English usages are borrowed from or ...
t. e. In the Philippine languages, a system of titles and honorifics was used extensively during the pre-colonial era, mostly by the Tagalogs and Visayans. These were borrowed from the Malay system of honorifics obtained from the Moro peoples of Mindanao, which in turn was based on the Indianized Sanskrit honorifics system [1] and the Chinese's ...
Jejemon. Jejemon ( Tagalog pronunciation: [ˈdʒɛdʒɛmɔ̝n]) is a popular culture phenomenon in the Philippines. [1] The Philippine Daily Inquirer describes Jejemons as a "new breed of hipster who have developed not only their own language and written text but also their own subculture and fashion." [2] [3]
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 ...
Term usage. May sumpong - the person has, currently, a temperament problem that may last for a while; Sinusumpong - present participle form, or the person is currently not in good mood and doing tantrums; Sinusumpong ng (asthma, or any other illness) - the person is not in good mood because of a recurring illness, say, asthma or any other illness.
Bahala na. Bahala na ( Tagalog: [ba'hala 'na]) is a Filipino term and value of either fatalism towards life or determinism in challenging situations. [1] [2] [3] It can be translated to mean "whatever happens, happens," "things will turn out fine," or as "I'll take care of things." [4] In Sikolohiyang Pilipino ( Filipino Psychology) it is ...