sotsowa

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 粗紙 / 粗纸 (chho͘-chóa, “rough, heavy paper; toilet paper”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈsot͡ʃoa/ [ˌsoː.t͡ʃoˈa]
    • IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ˈsotsoa/ [ˌsot̪.soˈa]
  • Rhymes: -ot͡ʃoa, (no palatal assimilation) -otsoa
  • Syllabification: sot‧so‧wa

Noun

sótsowá (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜆ᜔ᜐᜓᜏ)

  1. kraft paper; coarse paper; straw paper
    Synonyms: papel sotsowa, papel de estrasa

See also

Further reading

  • “sotsowa”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
  • “sotsowa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • 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 146
  • 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 56
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