samsuy

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 棕蓑 (chang-sui).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sam‧suy

• IPA^(key): /ˈsamsui/, [ˈs̪am.s̪ʊɪ]

Noun

samsuy (Badlit spelling ᜐᜋ᜔ᜐᜓᜌ᜔)

1. raincoat with hood woven from palm fiber (covering the entire head and back, worn as a protection against rain)

References

• John U. Wolff (1972) A dictionary of Cebuano Visayan‎^[1] (overall work in Cebuano and English), Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press