# pampam
## Bikol Central
### Etymology

Possibly from English pan-pan (“post-WWII Japanese prostitute catering to American soldiers”), from Japanese パンパン (panpan) as per Potet (2016), an ellipsis of パンパンガール (panpangāru), possibly from English pompom girl as a WW2 American military slang. Stephen Trussel claims it was derived from Proto-Philippine *pampám (“prostitute”), but he also noted it was possibly a loan distribution with an unclear source. See also Japanese ぱんぱん and English pum-pum.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: pam‧pam
* IPA: /ˈpampam/ [ˈpam.pam]

### Noun

pampam
* (offensive, vulgar) prostitute, whore, harlot
    Synonym: puta

## Cebuano
### Etymology

Possibly from English pan-pan (“post-WWII Japanese prostitute catering to American soldiers”), from Japanese パンパン (panpan) as per Potet (2016), an ellipsis of パンパンガール (panpangāru), possibly from English pompom girl as a WW2 American military slang. Stephen Trussel claims it was derived from Proto-Philippine *pampám (“prostitute”), but he also noted it was possibly a loan distribution with an unclear source. See also Japanese ぱんぱん and English pum-pum.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: pam‧pam
* IPA: /ˈpampam/ [ˈpam.pɐm]

### Noun

pampam
* (offensive, vulgar) prostitute; harlot; whore

## Ilocano
### Etymology

Possibly from English pan-pan (“post-WWII Japanese prostitute catering to American soldiers”), from Japanese パンパン (panpan) as per Potet (2016), an ellipsis of パンパンガール (panpangāru), possibly from English pompom girl as a WW2 American military slang. Stephen Trussel claims it was derived from Proto-Philippine *pampám (“prostitute”), but he also noted it was possibly a loan distribution with an unclear source. See also Japanese ぱんぱん and English pum-pum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpampam/ [ˈpɐm.pam]
* Hyphenation: pam‧pam

### Noun

pampam
* prostitute; harlot; whore

### Further reading

* “pampam”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Possibly from English pan-pan (“post-WWII Japanese prostitute catering to American soldiers”), from Japanese パンパン (panpan) as per Potet (2016), an ellipsis of パンパンガール (panpangāru), possibly from English pompom girl as a WW2 American military slang. Stephen Trussel claims it was derived from Proto-Philippine *pampám (“prostitute”), but he also noted it was possibly a loan distribution with an unclear source. See also Japanese ぱんぱん and English pum-pum.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /pamˈpam/ [pɐmˈpam]
* Rhymes: -am
* Syllabification: pam‧pam

### Noun

pampám (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜋ᜔ᜉᜋ᜔)
* (offensive, vulgar) prostitute; harlot; whore
    Synonym: puta

### Further reading

* “pampam”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 344
* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*pampám”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

## Waray-Waray
### Etymology

Possibly from English pan-pan (“post-WWII Japanese prostitute catering to American soldiers”), from Japanese パンパン (panpan) as per Potet (2016), an ellipsis of パンパンガール (panpangāru), possibly from English pompom girl as a WW2 American military slang. Stephen Trussel claims it was derived from Proto-Philippine *pampám (“prostitute”), but he also noted it was possibly a loan distribution with an unclear source. See also Japanese ぱんぱん and English pum-pum.

### Noun

pampám
* prostitute; harlot; whore