EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
neighborhood variety store...
Glutton; famished person (derogatory)...
Sluggish; listless; lackadaisical...
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.
/sa-ri-SA-ri stor/
FIL: Isang maliit na tindahan sa isang komunidad na nagbebenta ng mga pangunahing bilihin at iba't ibang kagamitan sa maliitang pagtingi (tingi).
EN: neighborhood variety store
The Philippines' original convenience store, social hub, and gossip exchange center. It's where you can buy one stick of cigarette, half a cup of cooking oil, a sachet of shampoo, and get the latest chismis about the neighbor's cat. The sari-sari store is the backbone of the Filipino neighborhood economy and the first "database" you query when you need something, anything.
From Tagalog 'sari-sari' (various) and English 'store'.
ROOT MEANING: various, assorted
A ubiquitous feature in every Philippine neighborhood. The term is a direct loan and combination, and is used as is in both English and Tagalog conversations in the Philippines.
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🇵🇭 Bili ka nga ng suka sa sari-sari store ni Aling Nena.
🇺🇸 Can you buy vinegar at Aling Nena's sari-sari store?
🇵🇭 Dati, ang aming pamilya ay may maliit na sari-sari store sa probinsya.
🇺🇸 Before, our family had a small neighborhood variety store in the province.
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.