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List of English words of Philippine origin

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This is a list of English words which originate from any of the Philippine languages:

abacá - a species of banana native to the Philippines. The plant is of major economical importance, being harvested for its fibre, called manila hemp, from abaka
boondocks - a remote, usually brushy rural area, from the Tagalog bundok, which means "mountain" or the word bunduk (Visayan Bukid) meaning "hinterland", i.e., land area inland, away from the shore.
calamondin - a small evergreen citrus fruit tree, native to the Philippines, and used there for cooking and as a houseplant elsewhere, from kalamunding
capiz - decoration material, made of mother-of-pearl shells that have the same name
cooties - from Tagalog and Austronesian word kuto which literally means "head lice"
halo-halo - a dessert.^[1]
lauan - the light yellow to reddish-brown or brown wood of any of various tropical southeast Asian trees, from lawaan
machin - a grayish brown long-tailed macaque (Macaca philippinensis), from matsing meaning monkey or ape
panguingue - a 19th-century gambling card game, from pangginggi
salacot - broad-brimmed hat woven from strips of cane or from palm leaves, from salakot
yo-yo - the toy, from Ilocano word yoyo^[2]

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1. ^{{cite news|last1=Alberto-Masakayan|first1=Thea|title=Halo-halo, atbp: Filipino words make it to Oxford Dictionary|url=http://news.abs-cbn.com/focus/06/25/15/halo-halo-atbp-filipino-words-make-it-oxford-dictionary|accessdate=31 October 2016|work=ABS-CBNnews.com|date=25 June 2016}}
2. ^{{cite web|title=yo–yo|url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yo-yo|website=Merriam-Webster|publisher=Merriam-Webster's Learner's Dictionary|accessdate=31 October 2016|quote=Origin and Etymology of yo–yo probably from Ilocano yóyo, or a cognate word in a language of the Philippines, First Known Use: 1915}}

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