From your reference it can also be used as a verb, which is dope.
I kind of think that there must be a vast amount of Filipino culture I don't know about. Big population, but little penetration of the culture in mainland USA.
I kind of think that there must be a vast amount of Filipino culture I don't know about. Big population, but little penetration of the culture in mainland USA.
Absolutely loved getting the chance to participate in it here and there. I miss speaking to native speakers.
The distinction of verbs and nouns in Austronesian languages generally are pretty lax.
Also cool, Tongan and Samoan speakers found Visayan numbering mutually distinguishable -- "lima" for 5, for example.
> "[E]asy conversion of nouns to verbs has been part of English grammar for centuries; it is one of the processes that make English English."
https://www.thoughtco.com/verbing-definition-1692587
Just like "jawn" is not unique (not even within English), in my experience there's almost nothing really unique in any language.