Filipino Slang – Inverted Syllables

These are examples of Filipino slang words formed from the switching of the order of the syllables of the original words.

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

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