Sungsong

See also: sungsong

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Songsong — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

Two proposed etymologies:

A reduplication of Hokkien 宋 (sòng), in relation to the Song dynasty.[1]
From sungsong, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suŋsuŋ (“go against wind or current”). The attribution to China is presumably connected with sailing problems in reaching mainland China from the Philippines, according to Blust and Trussel (2010).[2]

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /suŋˈsoŋ/ [sʊnˈsoŋ]
Rhymes: -oŋ
Syllabification: Sung‧song
Homophone: sungsong

Proper noun

Sungsóng (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜅ᜔ᜐᜓᜅ᜔)

(historical) China
Synonym: Tsina

Related terms

sungsong

References

Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 341
Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*suŋsuŋ₁”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

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