pusyaw
Tagalog edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Hokkien 不肖 (put-siàu, “unseemly; dishonorable”). Compare Kapampangan puyasio.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pusyáw (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜐ᜔ᜌᜏ᜔)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “pusyaw”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- 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 46
- 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