losyang

Tagalog

Alternative forms

  • lusyang

Etymology

Possibly from either:

  • From Hokkien 老相 (lāu-siàng, “looking older than one's actual age”, literally “old appearance”), attested in the Dictionario Hispanico Sinicum (1626-1642) as "viejo 老相 laǔ siǒⁿ; lò sianǧ" [sic].[1]
  • From English lost young (literally “lost one's youth”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈlosjaŋ/ [ˈloː.ʃɐŋ]
    • IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ˈlosjaŋ/ [ˈlos.jɐŋ]
  • Rhymes: -osjaŋ
  • Syllabification: los‧yang

Adjective

losyang (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜐ᜔ᜌᜅ᜔) (slang)

  1. unkempt; shabby; untidy in appearance
  2. (by extension) haggard

See also

References

  1. ^ Dictionario Hispánico-Sinicum‎[1] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish, Hokkien, and Classical Mandarin), kept as Vocabulario Español-Chino con caracteres chinos (TOMO 215) in the University of Santo Tomás Archives, Manila: Dominican Order of Preachers, 1626-1642, page 1054; republished as Lee, Fabio Yuchung (李毓中), Chen, Tsung-jen (陳宗仁), José, Regalado Trota, Caño, José Luis Ortigosa, editors, Hokkien Spanish Historical Document Series I: Dictionario Hispanico Sinicum‎[2], Hsinchu: National Tsing Hua University Press, 2018, →ISBN

Further reading

  • “losyang”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
  • Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary‎[3], Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN
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