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Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Early Modern Spanish Jesús (“Jesus”). This is found in early texts such as Doctrina Christiana written in Baybayin as ᜐᜒᜐᜓ. Doublet of Hesus, a later borrowing. Compare Hokkien 西士 (Se-sū).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Sisós (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜐᜓᜐ᜔) (Christianity, obsolete)
- Jesus; Jesu
- Synonyms: Hesus, (Islam) Isa
Further reading
- Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 325