tutsang

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 頭鬃／头鬃 (thâu-chang, “hair”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /tuˈt͡ʃaŋ/ [tʊˈt͡ʃaŋ], /ˈtut͡ʃaŋ/ [ˈtu.t͡ʃɐŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ, -utʃaŋ
• Syllabification: tut‧sang

Noun

tutsáng or tutsang (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜆ᜔ᜐᜅ᜔)

1. short hair on a woman's head; pigtail; queue

See also

• tirintas

Further reading

• 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 131
• 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 67