tsang

Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃaŋ/ [ˈt͡ʃaŋ]
    • IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ˈtsaŋ/ [ˈt͡saŋ]
  • Rhymes: -aŋ
  • Syllabification: tsang

Etymology 1

See tsong.

Noun

tsang (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜅ᜔) (slang)

  1. female equivalent of tsong: female friend
    Synonym: mare
Alternative forms

Etymology 2

From tiya +‎ -ng.

Noun

tsang (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜅ᜔) (slang)

  1. female equivalent of tsong: aunt; auntie
    Synonyms: tiya, tita, tiyang, tiyahin, ale, inain
Alternative forms

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Hokkien  / (chhang, green onion; spring onion; scallion). Compare Kapampangan sang.

Noun

tsang (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜅ᜔) (now dialectal, Cavite)

  1. spring onion
    Synonyms: sibuyas, lasuna
Alternative forms

Further reading

Further reading

  • Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, page 29