korkor
Tagalog
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Clipping and reduplication of English Korea.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /koɾˈkoɾ/ [koɾˈkoɾ]
- Rhymes: -oɾ
- Syllabification: kor‧kor
Noun
[edit]korkór (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜇ᜔ᜃᜓᜇ᜔) (slang, dated)
- phenomenon of mass migration of South Koreans to the Philippines to study (especially English) or to engage in business for a time
- any Korean product
Further reading
[edit]- “korkor”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
- Narvaez, Eilene Antoinette G. (2015) Sawikaan: isang dekada ng pagpili ng salita ng taon[1] (in Tagalog), Pambansang Komisyon para sa Kultura at mga Sining, →ISBN
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