hanash

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Japanese (はなし) (hanashi, literally story; talk; speech) with the last vowel elided. Also possibly from a blend of hanap +‎ English bash.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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hanásh (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜈᜐ᜔) (slang, chiefly women's speech, originally gay slang)

  1. blabber; chatter; words
    Synonyms: kuda, satsat, daldal
  2. (by extension) complaint; criticism; issue; problem
    Synonyms: problema, reklamo
    Ang dami mong hanash sa akin
    You have a lot of issues with me.
  3. (by extension) stuff; thing (unspecified things or matters to attend to)
    Magpahinga ka muna, may hanash ka pa mamaya
    Rest first, you have stuff [to do] later.
    Anong hanash dito?
    What's going on here?
    (literally, “What's the thing here?/ What's the problem here?”)

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