kitse

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Tagalog

Alternative forms

kitsi

Etymology

From Chinese according to Panganiban (1973) and Santos (1978), possibly Hokkien 汽水 (khì-chúi).

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kiˈt͡ʃe/
- IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /kitˈse/
Rhymes: -e
Syllabification: kit‧se

Noun

kitsé (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜒ)

lead washer (for roof nails)
(now dialectal, Batangas, Marinduque) bottlecap
Synonyms: tansan, takip-tansan

References

“kitse”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Santos, Vito C. (1978) Vicassan's Pilipino-English Dictionary, Revised edition (overall work in Tagalog and English), With an Introduction by Teodoro A. Agoncillo, Metro Manila: National Book Store, →ISBN, page 382
Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 293

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