tansan

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See also: Tan-šan and Ťan-šan

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 炭酸(たんさん) (tansan, “carbonated; carbonic acid”), an ellipsis of 炭酸飲料(たんさんいんりょう) (tansan inryō, “carbonated drink”), a genericized trademark by Clifford-Wilkinson Tansan Mineral Water Co., Ltd. popular in the Philippines in the early 20th century, initially romanized and introduced as "TANSAN" on metal bottlecaps and on English marketing material.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: tan‧san
  • IPA(key): /ˈtansan/

Noun

tansan

  1. crown cap; crown cork

Japanese

Romanization

tansan

  1. Rōmaji transcription of たんさん

Tagalog

Etymology

From Japanese 炭酸(たんさん) (tansan, “carbonated; carbonic acid”), an ellipsis of 炭酸飲料(たんさんいんりょう) (tansan inryō, “carbonated drink”), a genericized trademark by Clifford-Wilkinson Tansan Mineral Water Co., Ltd. popular in the Philippines in the early 20th century, initially romanized and introduced as "TANSAN" on metal bottlecaps and on English marketing material.

Pronunciation

Noun

tansan or tansán (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜈ᜔ᜐᜈ᜔)

  1. bottlecap (especially of soft drink bottles)
    Synonyms: takip-tansan, (dialectal) kitse
  2. (colloquial) soda water

See also

Further reading

  • “tansan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

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