tutsang

Borrowed from Hokkien 頭鬃 / 头鬃 (thâu-chang, “queue braided hair; hair”).

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /tuˈt͡ʃaŋ/ [t̪ʊtˈt͡ʃaŋ]
    • IPA^(key): (no palatal assimilation) /tutˈsaŋ/ [t̪ʊt̪ˈsaŋ]
    • Rhymes: -aŋ
  • IPA^(key): /ˈtut͡ʃaŋ/ [ˈt̪uː.t͡ʃɐŋ]
    • IPA^(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ˈtutsaŋ/ [ˈt̪ut̪.sɐŋ]
    • Rhymes: -ut͡ʃaŋ, (no palatal assimilation) -utsaŋ
• Syllabification: tut‧sang

tutsáng or tutsang (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜆ᜔ᜐᜅ᜔)

1. short hair on a woman's head; pigtail; queue

• tirintas

• 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 131
• 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 67