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Cebuano
Etymology
Backslang formed from the initial and final syllables of sigarilyo (“cigarette”): si-ga-ril-yo → yo-si
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈjosi/
- Hyphenation: yo‧si
Noun
yosi (Badlit spelling ᜌᜓᜐᜒ)
- (slang, back slang) cigarette
Chamicuro
Proper noun
yosi
- God
Tagalog
Etymology
Backslang formed from the initial and final syllables of sigarilyo (“cigarette”): si-ga-ril-yo → yo-si.
Pronunciation
Noun
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
Further reading
- “yosi” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
- Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 13
- Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN
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