EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
a group of nine; nonet...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
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/si-ya-MAN/
FIL: Isang pangkat na binubuo ng siyam na tao o bagay.
EN: a group of nine; nonet
Like a 'barkada' but specifically for nine people. If your K-Pop bias group has nine members, they're a 'siyaman'. It's the number of people that can fit in a van before it gets too friendly.
From 'siyam' (nine) + '-an' (group-forming suffix).
While grammatically correct, this form is not as commonly used as 'dalawahan' (pair) or 'tatluhan' (trio). It is perfectly understandable in context, especially when discussing group sizes.
🇵🇭 Ang mga mananayaw ay hinati sa mga pangkat na siyaman.
🇺🇸 The dancers were divided into groups of nine.
🇵🇭 Isang siyaman ang bumubuo sa komite.
🇺🇸 A nonet (group of nine) forms the committee.
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