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Cebuano
Etymology
From a backslang of English father.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʔeɾpat/
- Hyphenation: er‧pat
Noun
erpat (Badlit spelling ᜁᜇ᜔ᜉᜆ᜔)
- (slang, back slang) father
- Synonyms: amahan, tatay
- Coordinate term: ermat
Tagalog
Etymology
From a backslang of English father, from the 1970s.
Pronunciation
Noun
erpat (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜇ᜔ᜉᜆ᜔)
- (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, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN