kansing

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• cansing — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay kancing (“buckle; fastener; button”). Possibly onomatopoeic in origin. Compare Javanese ꦏꦚ꧀ꦕꦶꦁ (kanycing, “lock, door lock; button”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kanˈsiŋ/ [kɐn̪ˈsiŋ]
• Rhymes: -iŋ
• Syllabification: kan‧sing

Noun

kansíng (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜅ᜔) (obsolete)

1. gold brooch or clasp
2. sound of tiny bells or jingles

   Synonyms: kalansing, kuliling

3. window lock

Derived terms

• kakansing-kansing

 

See also

• kaling

 

Further reading

• “kansing”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) loan “fastener”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI