Gokongwei
Cebuano
editProper noun
editGokongwei
- a surname
Quotations
editFor quotations using this term, see Citations:Gokongwei.
Tagalog
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Hokkien, particularly from the full Hokkien Chinese name of John Gokongwei Jr.'s father, John Gokongwei Sr.
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ɡoˈkoŋwej/ [ɡoˈxoːŋ.wɛɪ̯]
- Rhymes: -oŋwej
- Syllabification: Go‧kong‧wei
Proper noun
editGokongwei (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜓᜃᜓᜅ᜔ᜏᜒᜁ)
- a Chinese Filipino surname from Hokkien, notably by a rich Chinese Filipino business clan from Cebu
Related terms
editSee also
editCategories:
- Cebuano lemmas
- Cebuano proper nouns
- Cebuano surnames
- Tagalog terms borrowed from Hokkien
- Tagalog terms derived from Hokkien
- Tagalog 3-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/oŋwej
- Rhymes:Tagalog/oŋwej/3 syllables
- Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog proper nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- Tagalog surnames
- Tagalog surnames from Hokkien