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Bikol Central
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Philippine *sáysay.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsajsaj/
- Hyphenation: say‧say
Noun
sáysáy (Basahan spelling ᜐᜌ᜔ᜐᜌ᜔)
- (formal) narration, telling of a story or experience
- Synonyms: istoriya, usip
Derived terms
Cebuano
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Philippine *sáysay.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: say‧say
- IPA(key): /ˈsajsaj/
Noun
sáysay (Badlit spelling ᜐᜌ᜔ᜐᜌ᜔)
- a record of events; recital of transactions; a relation or narrative; a report; a description; an account
- Synonym: estorya
Verb
sáysay (Badlit spelling ᜐᜌ᜔ᜐᜌ᜔)
- to narrate; to relate a story or series of events by speech or writing
- Synonyms: estorya, matmat
Quotations
Derived terms
Tagalog
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Philippine *sáysay per Blust (2010–). Compare Bikol Central saysay and Cebuano saysay. See also salaysay.
According to Manuel (1948), it may also be reduplication of Hokkien 使 (sái, “to use; to employ”). See also Xiamen Hokkien and Zhangzhou Hokkien 會使/会使 (ē-sái, “to be of use; to be able to; to be permitted to; can; may”).
Pronunciation
Noun
saysáy (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜌ᜔ᜐᜌ᜔)
- value; worth
- Synonyms: halaga, kahalagahan, presyo
- significance; importance
- Synonyms: halaga, importansiya, kahulugan, kahalagahan, kuwenta, kabuluhan, kasaysayan (dated), bulo (obsolete)
- relating in detail; telling in detail (to someone)
- Synonyms: salaysay, pagsasalaysay, sabi, pagsasabi
- statement; declaration (in detail)
- Synonyms: salaysay, pahayag, deklarasyon, ulat, diga
Derived terms
Further reading
- “saysay” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
- “saysay”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*sáysay”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
- 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 52
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