Sisos

See also: sisos

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Early Modern Spanish Jesús (“Jesus”). This is found in early texts such as Doctrina Christiana written in Baybayin as ᜐᜒᜐᜓ. Doublet of Hesus, a later borrowing. Compare Hokkien 西士 (Se-sū).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /siˈsos/ [sɪˈsos]
  • Rhymes: -os
  • Syllabification: Si‧sos

Proper noun

Sisós (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜐᜓᜐ᜔) (Christianity, obsolete)

  1. Jesus; Jesu
    Synonyms: Hesus, (Islam) Isa

Further reading

  • Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 325
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