yosi
Appearance
Cebuano
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Backslang formed from the initial and final syllables of sigarilyo (“cigarette”): si-ga-ril-yo → yo-si
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]yosi (Badlit spelling ᜌᜓᜐᜒ)
Chamicuro
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]yosi
Tagalog
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Backslang formed from the initial and final syllables of sigarilyo (“cigarette”): si-ga-ril-yo → yo-si.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈjosi/ [ˈjoː.sɪ]
- Rhymes: -osi
- Syllabification: yo‧si
Noun
[edit]yosi (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜓᜐᜒ) (slang, back slang)
- cigarette
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:sigarilyo
- 2006, Carla M. Pacis, Eugene Y. Evasco, Bagets: an anthology of Filipino young adult fiction, University of the Philippines Press, →ISBN:
- Nang minsang tensiyonado na 'ko sa pagtira dahil nauuwi na sa pustahan ang laro ay inabutan ako ni Arnel ng yosi. "Pang-alis lang 'to ng tensiyon." Konting hithit, konting buga. Parang gusto kong maubo pero tiniis ko lang. Dyahe pag nakita ...
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2010, U.P. Diliman, UP Press, →ISBN, page 230:
- Nagsindi kami ng yosi at nagbulungan habang hinihintay lumabas ang mga marinero at matorete sa ginawa namin sa kanilang kotse. Pinuri kaming lahat ni Manoling dahil sa bilis ng operasyon at naghambing kami nina Manoling at Toti ng ...
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “yosi”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
- Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 13
- Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary[1], Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN
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- Cebuano terms with IPA pronunciation
- Cebuano lemmas
- Cebuano nouns
- Cebuano terms with Badlit script
- Cebuano slang
- Cebuano back slang
- Chamicuro lemmas
- Chamicuro proper nouns
- Tagalog 2-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/osi
- Rhymes:Tagalog/osi/2 syllables
- Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- Tagalog slang
- Tagalog back slang
- Tagalog terms with quotations
- tl:Smoking