Tagalog[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pasiʀ (“sandbank; shoal in river or sea”). Compare Malay pasir and Indonesian pasir.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈpasiɡ/, [ˈpa.sɪɡ]
- Hyphenation: pa‧sig
pasig (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜐᜒᜄ᜔)
- sandy riverbank
- Synonym: pasigan
- river that flows into the sea
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 135