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Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Hokkien 三哥 (saⁿ-ko, “third eldest brother”) according to Chan-Yap (1980) and Manuel (1948).
Pronunciation
Noun
sangkó or sangko (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜅ᜔ᜃᜓ)
- term of address for the third eldest brother
- Synonym: sangkong
- Coordinate term: sanse
- (Bulacan) term of address for the third eldest male cousin
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- “sangko” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
- “sangko”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- 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 142
- 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 49
- Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 1154.
- Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
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Noun
sangkô
- wisdom tooth