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Tagalog
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Hokkien 股東／股东 (kó͘-tong, “shareholder”).
Noun
kotong (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜆᜓᜅ᜔)
- (informal, vulgar) bribery and/or extortion
- (informal, vulgar) bribe
- (gambling) limited-amount winnings (when playing jueteng)
- (Chinese Filipino, business, colloquial) shareholder; stockholder
Usage notes
- Among some Hokkien-speaking Chinese Filipinos, the term still means the same as the original Hokkien term, while speaking Tagalog, with the other definitions in Tagalog, sometimes noted or recognized as well from a mainstream Tagalog perspective.
Adjective
kotong (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜆᜓᜅ᜔)
- (informal, vulgar, usually of law enforcement) corrupt
2011, Emmett Henderson, Tagalog Down and Dirty: Filipino Obscenities, Insults, Sex Talk, Drug Slang and Gay Language in The Philippines, CreateSpace:... multiple offender—balikloob car thief—bukás kotse (open car) cheating, deceiving—buladas gangster—butangero contraband, smuggled goods— kontrabando bribe—kotong; soborno corrupt police—pulís kotong (police bribe) snitch, stool ...- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms
Descendants
See also
Etymology 2
Noun
kotong (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜆᜓᜅ᜔)
- (colloquial) Alternative form of kutong
Further reading
- “kotong”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018