Filipino Slang - Inverted Syllables
(Examples of Filipino slang words formed by inverting the order of syllables.)
tsikot, from kotse
car
goli, from ligo
to take a bath
golets, from the English phrase
Let's go.
astig, from tigas
tough
gasmati, from matigas
hard-headed or stubborn
yosi, from sigarilyo
cigarette
sampit, from pinsan
cousin
jeproks, from projects
spoiled brat
bokal, from kalbo
bald
Noypi, from Pinoy
Filipino
wetpu, from puwit
butt
senglot, from lasing
drunk
ngetpa, from pangit
ugly
dehins, from hindi
nope
japorms, from porma
well-dressed