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Tagalog
Etymology
Possibly from Hokkien 拍死人 (phah-sí lāng, “to beat people to death”) according to Chan-Yap (1980) and Manuel (1948).
Pronunciation
Noun
pasláng (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜐ᜔ᜎᜅ᜔)
- slaying; murder; assassination
- (obsolete) boldness; impudence
- (obsolete) profanity
Derived terms
References
- Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980) “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics, volume B, number 71 (PDF), Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 133
- Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 43
Further reading
- “paslang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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