SANPIT

The standard Tagalog word for ‘cousin’ is pinsan.

sanpin
slang for ‘cousin’

sampit
‘cousin’

sanpits
cousins

ang mga sampits ko
my cousins

Many Filipino slang words are formed by transposing the position of the first and last syllables.

Another example:

todits
here (from dito)

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