siyansi

Tagalog

Alternative forms
  • siyensi
  • siyanse
  • siansi

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 煎匙 (chian-sî).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sianˈsi/, [ʃɐnˈsi]
  • Hyphenation: si‧yan‧si

Noun

siyansí (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜌᜈ᜔ᜐᜒ)

  1. frying spoon; spatula; flipper

References
  1. 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 54
  2. Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980) “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics, volume B, number 71 (PDF), Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 141
  3. Dictionario Hispánico-Sinicum, kept as Vocabulario Español-Chino con caracteres chinos (TOMO 215) in the University of Santo Tomás Archives, Manila: Dominican Order of Preachers, O.P., 1626-1642, page 380/255/358; republished as Lee, Fabio Yuchung (李毓中), Chen, Tsung-jen (陳宗仁), José, Regalado Trota, Caño, José Luis Ortigosa, editors, Hokkien Spanish Historical Document Series I: Dictionario Hispanico Sinicum, Hsinchu: National Tsing Hua University Press, 2018, →ISBN

Further reading
  • “siyansi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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