tsapsuy
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Tagalog[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English chop suey, from Cantonese 雜碎/杂碎 (zaap6 seoi3). Compare Cebuano tsapsoy.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /t͡ʃapˈsuj/ [t͡ʃɐpˈsuɪ̯]
- Rhymes: -uj
- Syllabification: tsap‧suy
Noun[edit]
tsapsúy (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜉ᜔ᜐᜓᜌ᜔)
- chop suey
- Synonym: lutong makaw
- (slang) ugly face
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- “tsapsuy”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 66
- Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, page 33
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