starbs
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Clipping of English Starbucks. For the sense “copying”, Starbucks is a coffeehouse serving coffee, and coffee is homophonic to copy.
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈstaɾbs/ [ʔɪsˈtaɹbs]
- Rhymes: -aɾbs
- Syllabification: starbs
Noun edit
starbs (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜆᜇ᜔ᜊ᜔ᜐ᜔) (slang)
Usage notes edit
- For sense “copying”, mostly used by young people belonging in the social upper class especially in Manila.
Categories:
- Tagalog clippings
- Tagalog terms borrowed from English
- Tagalog terms derived from English
- Tagalog 1-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/aɾbs
- Rhymes:Tagalog/aɾbs/1 syllable
- Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- Tagalog slang
- Tagalog dated terms