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Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: In‧tsik
- IPA(key): /ʔɪnˈt͡ʃik/
Proper noun
Intsík
- Alternative form of Insik
Adjective
Intsík
- Alternative form of Insik
Tagalog
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Hokkien, possibly 引叔 (ín-chek, “uncle”) or 𪜶叔 (in chek, literally “his/her/their uncle”). Compare Cebuano Insik, Malay encik, Indonesian encek, Thai เจ๊ก (jék).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔinˈt͡ʃik/,
- Hyphenation: In‧tsik
Noun
Intsík (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜈ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜃ᜔)
- (colloquial, sometimes derogatory or vulgar) Chinaman; Chinese (person)
- Synonyms: Tsino, (derogatory) Tsekwa
- (colloquial, sometimes derogatory or vulgar) Chinese language
- Synonym: Tsino
Adjective
Intsík (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜈ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜃ᜔)
- (colloquial, sometimes derogatory or vulgar) Chinese (pertaining to China and the Chinese culture)
- Synonyms: Tsino, (derogatory) Tsekwa
Derived terms
See also
References
- ^ Dictionario Hispánico-Sinicum, kept as Vocabulario Español-Chino con caracteres chinos (TOMO 215) in the University of Santo Tomás Archives, Manila: Dominican Order of Preachers, O.P., 1626-1642, page 170/151 & 522/497; republished as Lee, Fabio Yuchung (李毓中), Chen, Tsung-jen (陳宗仁), José, Regalado Trota, Caño, José Luis Ortigosa, editors, Hokkien Spanish Historical Document Series I: Dictionario Hispanico Sinicum, Hsinchu: National Tsing Hua University Press, 2018, →ISBN
- ^ “紀念“宿務無名氏（引叔）”施維鵬 2018-2019年度校長、教師昨舉行頒獎典禮”, in 菲律賓商報 Chinese Commercial News, Binondo, Manila, 2019 March 10
- ^ “中正學院培幼園 三位教師獲僑委會獎”, in CKS College News, Tondo, Manila, 2021 October 26
- ^ “宿霧施維鵬 仙逝”, in 世界臨濮施氏宗親總會, 彰化縣鹿港鎮復興路, (Can we date this quote?)
- ^ Chu, Richard T. (2012) Chinese and Chinese Mestizos of Manila: Family, Identity, and Culture, 1860s-1930s, page 1