teksas

See also: Teksas

Esperanto

Verb

teksas

  1. present of teksi

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /têksas/

Noun

tȅksas m animacy unspecified (Cyrillic spelling те̏ксас)

  1. denim

Tagalog

Alternative forms

  • texas — unadapted spelling

Etymology

Borrowed from English Texas, a reference to characters in westerns, as well as referring to a breed of rooster for cockfight, from Spanish Texas, from Hasinai Caddo táyshaʔ (“friend, ally”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈteksas/ [ˈt̪ɛk.sɐs]
  • Rhymes: -eksas
  • Syllabification: tek‧sas

Noun

teksas (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜃ᜔ᜐᜐ᜔)

  1. a breed of rooster for cockfight
  2. (slang) alternative form of tekas

Further reading

  • “teksas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, page 140
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