Sungsong

See also: sungsong

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Two proposed etymologies:

  • A reduplication of Hokkien 宋 (sòng), in relation to the Song dynasty.[1]
  • From sungsong, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suŋsuŋ (“go against wind or current”). The attribution to China is presumably connected with sailing problems in reaching mainland China from the Philippines, according to Blust and Trussel (2010).[2]

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Sungsóng (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜅ᜔ᜐᜓᜅ᜔)

  1. (historical) China (a large country in East Asia, occupying the region around the Yellow, Yangtze, and Pearl Rivers; the People's Republic of China, since 1949)
    Synonym: Tsina

References

  1. ^ Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 341
  2. ^ Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*suŋsuŋ₁”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
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