singsing

From Tagalog singsing.

singsing

1. ring

• “singsing”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) loan “ring”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Borrowed from Tagalog singsing.

• Hyphenation: sing‧sing
• IPA^(key): /ˈsiŋsiŋ/ [ˈsin̪.siŋ]

singsing

1. ring

• “singsing”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) loan “ring”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

From Tagalog singsing.

singsing

1. ring

• “singsing”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) loan “ring”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

From Chinese as per Blust (2010-), possibly Hokkien 手指 (chhiú-chí / chhiú-chái / chhiú-cháiⁿ). Cognates with Kapampangan singsing, Tagalog singsing, Bikol Central singsing, Cebuano singsing, Maranao sising, Malay cincin, Indonesian cincin, Khmer ចិញ្ចៀន (cəñciən), etc.

singsing

1. ring

• “singsing”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) loan “ring”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Borrowed from Tagalog singsing.

singsing

1. ring

• “singsing”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) loan “ring”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

From Tagalog singsing.

singsing

1. ring

• “singsing”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) loan “ring”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

From Tagalog singsing.

singsing

1. ring

• “singsing”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) loan “ring”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

From Tagalog singsing.

singsing

1. ring

• “singsing”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) loan “ring”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

singsing

1. prison; jail

• kalabus

• Peter, Mühlhäusler (1983) “Samoan Plantation Pidgin English and the origin of New Guinea Pidgin”, in Ellen Woolford and William Washabaugh, editors, The Social Context of Creolization, Ann Arbor: Karoma, pages 28-76

• sinsing — superseded, pre-1977

Borrowed from Chinese as per Blust (2010-), possibly Hokkien 手指 (chhiú-chí / chhiú-chái / chhiú-cháiⁿ). Cognates with Bikol Central singsing, Cebuano singsing, Ilocano singsing, Kapampangan singsing, Maranao sising, Malay cincin, Indonesian cincin, Khmer ចិញ្ចៀន (cəñciən), etc.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /siŋˈsiŋ/ [sɪn̪ˈsɪŋ]
• Rhymes: -iŋ
• Syllabification: sing‧sing

singsíng (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜅ᜔ᜐᜒᜅ᜔)

1. ring

   Synonym: sortiha

• anilyo

• “singsing”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) loan “ring”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Borrowed from Malay cincin.

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /siŋsiŋ/ [sɪn̪ˈsiŋ]
• Rhymes: -iŋ
• Syllabification: sing‧sing

singsing (Sulat Sūg spelling سِڠْ٢)

1. ring

Reduplication of sing, from English sing.

singsing

1. party

From Tagalog singsing.

singsíng

1. ring

• singsingan

• “singsing”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) loan “ring”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI