2006-07-14 02:44:52 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
I wouldn't say "borrow", but since the Philippines was a colony of Spain for more than 300 years, the Philippines have a lot of words that came from the spanish language. For example: "kusina" is tagalog for kitchen and I believe it is the same for spanish except that the spelling will be different- "cocina"; "kahon" is tagalog for a box while "cajon" means the same in spanish but spelled differently.
2006-07-14 02:54:56 · answer #1 · answered by Tumble 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Technically there is not any Latin, Greek and Italian words that are using in Filipino. you will possibly be able to think of English and Spanish that pretty mixed with the Filipino tongue. All tagalized (Tagalog/Filipino version) of English and Spanish words that believed to be descended from Latin and Greek are considered to be Latin and Greek origins.
2016-12-14 08:01:23 · answer #2 · answered by everitt 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Filipino (Tagalog) borrows hundreds, maybe thousands, of words from Spanish. I wouldn't even know where to begin to list them.
2006-07-14 02:48:23 · answer #3 · answered by Larry 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know one thats Kumpaar, thats a Indian konkani word for godfather
2006-07-14 02:47:51 · answer #4 · answered by vincent277 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋