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[_Cathy_]

I was told huwana means Filipina and huwanapo is maid. The etymology is insulting na parang equated ang Filipina sa maids

First love ko nagsabi nyan and he's Chinese.

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[heavenlee]

My Fookienese is not that good, but I don't think it means stinking barbarians. I looked it up, and here's what I found. I was a bit surprised that some words that we commonly use are from Fookienese origins.

Chinese Loan Words in the Filipino Language



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Either I got the "stinking" part wrong, or my Professor who's now working for Andrew Tan got it wrong. Either way, "Huwana" is a pejorative term used to refer to "Filipinos" in general. Much like when Filipinos call Indians as "pana" or Chinese as "chekwa". It's a demeaning racist word -- that's the fact.

[heavenlee]

I was told huwana means Filipina and huwanapo is maid. The etymology is insulting na parang equated ang Filipina sa maids

First love ko nagsabi nyan and he's Chinese.

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"Huwana" a racial word used to refer to "Filipinos" in general. "Huwanapo" is an extension and refers to "maids" "domestic helpers". Literally it means "Stinking Barbarians", so I was told. Because to the Chinese, most Filipinos are "uneducated" and "uncivilized" (ergo "Barbaric") as sir uls said pointed out.

[uls]

I was told huwana means Filipina and huwanapo is maid. The etymology is insulting na parang equated ang Filipina sa maids

First love ko nagsabi nyan and he's Chinese.

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huwana means uneducated/uncivilized

po means woman

kaya huwana-po

[falken]

^ I was told, a more appropriate term is "Chabokan"?

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[uls]

"Huwana" a racial word used to refer to "Filipinos" in general. "Huwanapo" is an extension and refers to "maids" "domestic helpers". Literally it means "Stinking Barbarians", so I was told. Because to the Chinese, most Filipinos are "uneducated" and "uncivilized" (ergo "Barbaric") as sir uls said pointed out.

Tsaw huwan

tsaw - mabaho

huwan - barbaric (uneducated/uncivilized)


tsaw hwan -- this is the stinky barbarians term you're talking about

[uls]

^ I was told, a more appropriate term is "Chabokan"?

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yes tsabo kan

tsa-bo means girl

kan means household help

[_Cathy_]

huwana means uneducated/uncivilized

po means woman

kaya huwana-po

Uls, below and explantion sakin ni first love

"Huwana" a racial word used to refer to "Filipinos" in general. "Huwanapo" is an extension and refers to "maids" "domestic helpers". Literally it means "Stinking Barbarians", so I was told. Because to the Chinese, most Filipinos are "uneducated" and "uncivilized" (ergo "Barbaric") as sir uls said pointed out.

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[uls]

Uls, below and explantion sakin ni first love



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Cathy i should know diba?


ulitin ko ha

huwan or huwana means uneducated, uncivilized, barbaric

po means woman

ung sinasabi stinky barbarian is tsaw huwan


ung huwanapo basically means filipina

di lang maid

[travajante]

Uls, below and explantion sakin ni first love



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Hmmmm...Isn't Juana the female Juan, the common pinoy?

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[_Cathy_]

Cathy i should know diba?


ulitin ko ha

huwan or huwana means uneducated, uncivilized, barbaric

po means woman

ung sinasabi stinky barbarian is tsaw huwan

Pero huwana din tawag sa Filipino diba? Chinese din nagsabi sakin, kilala mo siya, same business kayo, you mentioned his name to me. Yun explanation niya sakin.

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[_Cathy_]

Saan ba matatagpuan yang si Crush? Gusto mo ipa kidnap tapos papadala sayo dyan sa US? [emoji23]



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Sa Makati hahaha. Ako na lang mag kidnap sa kanya, kaya lang he is so much taller and stronger than I am kaya hindi ko siya ma harrass. Lol.

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[uls]

Pero huwana din tawag sa Filipino diba? Chinese din nagsabi sakin, kilala mo siya, same business kayo, you mentioned his name to me. Yun explanation niya sakin.

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oo nga huwana (without the "po") is pinoy

kaya nga pag huwana-po --- that's a pinay

ung "po" means woman

[_Cathy_]

oo nga huwana (without the "po") is pinoy

kaya nga pag huwana-po --- that's a pinay

Pero ang tawag niyo sa maid diba huwanapo?

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[uls]

huwanapo can mean maid coz pinoy na babaeng kasambahay

pero it can also mean pinoy na babae in general (not necessarily kasambahay)

[_Cathy_]

huwanapo can mean maid coz pinoy na babaeng kasambahay

pero it can also mean pinoy na babae in general (not necessarily kasambahay)

Yun talaga kina aasar ko na maid is called huwanapo

Parang slave nga e, like white people owning nig-3rs.

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[uls]

huwag po sana kayo magalit sakin di naman ako nag imbento ng mga terms na yan

those terms have been around for a long time

i guess ang origin niyan long ago when intsiks came to PH and saw people eating with their hands and other things they observed they called the people barbaric and it stuck

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Yun talaga kina aasar ko na maid is called huwanapo

Parang slave nga e, like white people owning nig-3rs.

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kaya tama si Falken

ung tsabo-kan is more appropriate

[uls]

Cathy when Spaniards ruled PH they also had their own terminology for the natives diba?

[uls]

diba there was this controversy dati a dictionary (Oxford?) included the word "filipina" to mean maid?

[Egan101]

People have their own racist ways. The practice has been there ever since and we have learned to live with it.

The Spaniards look down on the Chinese, the same way as the American or Europeans do. This is the reason why the Chinese built their own towns and cemeteries outside of the walls/communities built by the Spaniards or Americans.

In Rizal's Noli, it was written that the remains of Juan Crisostomo Ibarra's dad was transferred to a Chinese cemetery to segregate him from the non-heretical Catholics. It clearly shows the disdain of the Spaniards against the Chinese.