japayuki
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Ellipsis of English Japayuki-san.
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /d͡ʒapaˈjuki/ [d͡ʒɐ.pɐˈju.xɪ]
- Rhymes: -uki
- Syllabification: ja‧pa‧yu‧ki
Noun edit
japayuki (Baybayin spelling ᜇ᜔ᜌᜉᜌᜓᜃᜒ)
- (colloquial, derogatory) a Filipina who travels to Japan to work as an entertainer, with implications of prostitution
Further reading edit
- “japayuki”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Categories:
- Tagalog ellipses
- Tagalog terms borrowed from English
- Tagalog terms derived from English
- Tagalog 4-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/uki
- Rhymes:Tagalog/uki/4 syllables
- Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- Tagalog terms spelled with J
- Tagalog colloquialisms
- Tagalog derogatory terms