Tagalog has titles corresponding to age similar to Japanese: ate = neesan, tita = obasan, and lola = obaasan, which you've probably noticed with Ate Neneng. I pronounce it something like "at-ning," but in reality both syllables should not be swallowed: á-te.

Mom told me years ago in the Philippines she went to the movies with her parents to see Ate Maria. Back then there were plenty of American servicemen to be found due to the Korean War, and some of them were in the theater with her. According to mom it was a romantic comedy, but afterward she heard one of the Americans asking a comrade, "...I don't get it. Who ate Maria? She didn't get eaten at all!"