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

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
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