petsay

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Cebuano

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Hokkien 白菜 (pe̍h-chhài, Chinese cabbage, literally white vegetable).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: pet‧say

Noun

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petsay

  1. Chinese cabbage (either napa cabbage or bok choy)

Hiligaynon

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Hokkien 白菜 (pe̍h-chhài, Chinese cabbage, literally white vegetable).

Noun

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petsay

  1. Chinese cabbage (either napa cabbage or bok choy)

Tagalog

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Hokkien 白菜 (pe̍h-chhài, Chinese cabbage, literally white vegetable), as per Chan-Yap (1980) and Manuel (1948).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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petsay (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜌ᜔)

  1. Chinese cabbage (either napa cabbage or bok choy)

Descendants

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  • English: pechay

References

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  • 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 136
  • 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 44

Further reading

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  • petsay”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018