mumshie
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Tagalog
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from English mumsy, but with a palatalized -sie suffix. Used as part of Tagalog-English code-switching (Taglish).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈmamʃi/ [ˈmam.ʃɪ]
- Rhymes: -amʃi
- Syllabification: mumsh‧ie
Noun
[edit]mumshie (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜋ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜌᜒ) (women's speech)
- (gay slang) mum; mother
- (gay slang) endearing term of address for a mother
- (originally gay slang, by extension) friend (who is female or gay)
- (originally gay slang, by extension) endearing term of address for a female or gay friend
Usage notes
[edit]- The word is typically used by women, and may sound effeminate when used by men.
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- https://owlcation.com/humanities/20-Tagalog-Slang-Words
- Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, page 95
Categories:
- Tagalog terms borrowed from English
- Tagalog unadapted borrowings from English
- Tagalog terms derived from English
- Tagalog 2-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/amʃi
- Rhymes:Tagalog/amʃi/2 syllables
- Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- Tagalog women's speech terms
- Tagalog gay slang