losyang

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Tagalog[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Possibly from either:

  • From Hokkien 老相 (lāu-siàng, “looking older than one's actual age”, literally “old appearance”).
  • From English lost young (literally “lost one's youth”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈlosjaŋ/, [ˈlo.ʃɐŋ]
  • Hyphenation: los‧yang

Adjective[edit]

losyang (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜐ᜔ᜌᜅ᜔) (slang)

  1. unkempt; shabby; untidy in appearance
  2. (by extension) haggard

Further reading[edit]

  • “losyang” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
  • Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary‎[2], Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN
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