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English
Etymology
From Tagalog sari-sari + store. Tagalog sari-sari is a reduplication of sari.
Noun
sari-sari store (plural sari-sari stores)
- (Philippines) A convenience store in the Philippines; a neighborhood variety store; a minimarket selling basic necessities.
Cebuano
Etymology
From English sari-sari store, from Tagalog sari-sari + English store. Tagalog sari-sari is a reduplication of sari.
Noun
sari-sari store
- sari-sari store
Tagalog
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English sari-sari store, itself from Tagalog sari-sari + English store, literally “variety store”. Used due to Tagalog-English code-switching (Taglish).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˌsaɾiʔ ˌsaɾiʔ ʔisˈtoɾ/
- IPA(key): (with glottal stop elision) /ˌsaɾi(ʔ) ˌsaɾi(ʔ) ʔisˈtoɾ/
- Rhymes: -oɾ
- Syllabification: sa‧ri-sa‧ri store
Noun
sarì-sarì store (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜇᜒᜐᜇᜒ ᜁᜐ᜔ᜆᜓᜇ᜔) (business)
- sari-sari store
Nagbukas si Tita Rhodora ng sari-sari store bilang negosyo, at pumatok ito dahil malayo ang supermarket sa mga nakatira dito.- Tita Rhodora opened a sari-sari store as a business, and this was well-received as the supermarket was distant from the community there.
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