Sayson
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Cebuano[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Sayson
- a surname
Tagalog[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Hokkien, possibly either 司孫／司孙 (sai-sun, “grandson of a monk or priest, such as the father having been originally adopted”)[1] or 世孫／世孙 (sè-sun, “great-great-great-great-grandson (in a male lineage)”), via Spanish Sayson.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈsajson/ [ˈsaɪ̯.son], /sajˈson/ [saɪ̯ˈson]
- Rhymes: -ajson, -on
- Syllabification: Say‧son
Proper noun[edit]
Sayson or Saysón (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜌ᜔ᜐᜓᜈ᜔)
- a surname from Hokkien common among Filipinos of Chinese ancestry
See also[edit]
References[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “sai-kiáⁿ”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, [With 1923 Supplement after the Appendix by Thomas Barclay, Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd.] edition (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 407; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 407
Categories:
- Cebuano lemmas
- Cebuano proper nouns
- Cebuano surnames
- Tagalog terms derived from Hokkien
- Tagalog terms borrowed from Spanish
- Tagalog terms derived from Spanish
- Tagalog 2-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/ajson
- Rhymes:Tagalog/ajson/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Tagalog/on
- Rhymes:Tagalog/on/2 syllables
- Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation
- Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog proper nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- Tagalog surnames
- Tagalog surnames from Hokkien