erpat

Cebuano

Etymology

From a backslang of English father.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔeɾpat/ [ˈʔiɾ̪.pɐt̪]
• Hyphenation: er‧pat

Noun

erpat (Badlit spelling ᜁᜇ᜔ᜉᜆ᜔)

1. (slang, back slang) father

   Synonyms: amahan, tatay

   Coordinate term: ermat

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• erpats

Etymology

From a backslang of English father, from the 1970s.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔeɾpat/ [ˈʔɛɾ.pɐt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -eɾpat
• Syllabification: er‧pat

Noun

erpat (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜇ᜔ᜉᜆ᜔)

1. (slang, back slang) father

   Synonyms: ama, tatay

   Coordinate term: ermat

Further reading

• “erpat”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary‎^[1], Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN