pampam

Bikol Central

Etymology

Possibly from English pan-pan (“post-WWII Japanese prostitute catering to American soldiers”), from Japanese パンパン (panpan) as per Potet (2016), an ellipsis of パンパンガール (panpangāru), possibly from English pompom girl as a WW2 American military slang. Stephen Trussel claims it was derived from Proto-Philippine *pampám (“prostitute”), but he also noted it was possibly a loan distribution with an unclear source. See also Japanese ぱんぱん and English pum-pum.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pam‧pam
• IPA^(key): /ˈpampam/ [ˈpam.pam]

Noun

pampam

1. (offensive, vulgar) prostitute, whore, harlot

   Synonym: puta

Cebuano

Etymology

Possibly from English pan-pan (“post-WWII Japanese prostitute catering to American soldiers”), from Japanese パンパン (panpan) as per Potet (2016), an ellipsis of パンパンガール (panpangāru), possibly from English pompom girl as a WW2 American military slang. Stephen Trussel claims it was derived from Proto-Philippine *pampám (“prostitute”), but he also noted it was possibly a loan distribution with an unclear source. See also Japanese ぱんぱん and English pum-pum.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pam‧pam
• IPA^(key): /ˈpampam/ [ˈpam.pɐm]

Noun

pampam

1. (offensive, vulgar) prostitute; harlot; whore

Ilocano

Etymology

Possibly from English pan-pan (“post-WWII Japanese prostitute catering to American soldiers”), from Japanese パンパン (panpan) as per Potet (2016), an ellipsis of パンパンガール (panpangāru), possibly from English pompom girl as a WW2 American military slang. Stephen Trussel claims it was derived from Proto-Philippine *pampám (“prostitute”), but he also noted it was possibly a loan distribution with an unclear source. See also Japanese ぱんぱん and English pum-pum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpampam/ [ˈpɐm.pam]
• Hyphenation: pam‧pam

Noun

pampam

1. prostitute; harlot; whore

Further reading

• “pampam”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Tagalog

Etymology

Possibly from English pan-pan (“post-WWII Japanese prostitute catering to American soldiers”), from Japanese パンパン (panpan) as per Potet (2016), an ellipsis of パンパンガール (panpangāru), possibly from English pompom girl as a WW2 American military slang. Stephen Trussel claims it was derived from Proto-Philippine *pampám (“prostitute”), but he also noted it was possibly a loan distribution with an unclear source. See also Japanese ぱんぱん and English pum-pum.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /pamˈpam/ [pɐmˈpam]
• Rhymes: -am
• Syllabification: pam‧pam

Noun

pampám (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜋ᜔ᜉᜋ᜔)

1. (offensive, vulgar) prostitute; harlot; whore

   Synonym: puta

Further reading

• “pampam”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 344
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*pampám”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Waray-Waray

Etymology

Possibly from English pan-pan (“post-WWII Japanese prostitute catering to American soldiers”), from Japanese パンパン (panpan) as per Potet (2016), an ellipsis of パンパンガール (panpangāru), possibly from English pompom girl as a WW2 American military slang. Stephen Trussel claims it was derived from Proto-Philippine *pampám (“prostitute”), but he also noted it was possibly a loan distribution with an unclear source. See also Japanese ぱんぱん and English pum-pum.

Noun

pampám

1. prostitute; harlot; whore