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Tagalog
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Spanish China (“China”), from Sanskrit चीन (cīna), possibly ultimately from Old Chinese 秦 (*zin).
Proper noun
Tsina (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜈ)
- China (a country in East Asia)
- Synonym: (historical) Sungsong
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Spanish china (“Chinese woman”).
Noun
Tsina (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜈ)
- (literary) female equivalent of Tsino: female Chinese (person)
See also
Further reading
- “Tsina”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero, La Noble Villa de Pila, page 156: “China) Sina (pp) .|. coſa de la china, tierra de los ſangleyes, ante pueſto [ſin caſo]”
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