paslang

Tagalog

Etymology

Possibly from Hokkien 拍死人 (phah-sí lāng, “to beat people to death”) according to Chan-Yap (1980) and Manuel (1948).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pasˈlaŋ/, [pɐsˈlaŋ]
• Hyphenation: pas‧lang

Noun

pasláng (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜐ᜔ᜎᜅ᜔)

1. slaying; murder; assassination
2. (obsolete) boldness; impudence
3. (obsolete) profanity

Derived terms

• kapaslangan
• mapaslang
• pagpaslang
• paslangin
• pumaslang

 

References

• 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 133
• 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 43

Further reading

• “paslang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018