Negra
Tagalog
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈneɡɾa/ [ˈn̪ɛː.ɡɾɐ]
- Rhymes: -eɡɾa
- Syllabification: Ne‧gra
Noun
[edit]Negra (masculine Negro, Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜄ᜔ᜇ)
- (usually derogatory, ethnic slur) female equivalent of Negro
Usage notes
[edit]- When heard by African Americans visiting or living in the Philippines, the term is often considered offensive due to its derogatory sense in English and associations with the term, nigger, in English, although the term is not used very often due to the meager and sparse population of those of sub-Saharan origin in the Philippines.
Related terms
[edit]Categories:
- Tagalog terms borrowed from Spanish
- Tagalog terms derived from Spanish
- Tagalog 2-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/eɡɾa
- Rhymes:Tagalog/eɡɾa/2 syllables
- Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- Tagalog derogatory terms
- Tagalog ethnic slurs
- Tagalog female equivalent nouns