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Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Hokkien 神麴 / 神曲 (sîn-khak, “medicated leaven (used to treat indigestion)”).
Pronunciation
Noun
singkák (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜅ᜔ᜃᜃ᜔)
- bitter drug used for diarrhea, indigestion, etc.
Further reading
- “singkak”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- 周长楫 , editor (2006), “singkak”, in 闽南方言大词典 MINNAN FANGYAN DA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Southern Min dialects] (overall work in Hokkien and Mandarin), Fuzhou: 福建人民出版社 , →ISBN, page 356.
- 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 131
- 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 53
- 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “神麴”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
- 東方孝義 (TŌHŌ Takayoshi) (1931) “神殼”, in 臺日新辭書 [New Taiwanese–Japanese dictionary] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: 臺灣警察協會, page 371