Insik
Cebuano
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Hokkien, possibly 引叔 (ín-chek, “uncle”)[1][2][3][4] or 𪜶叔 (in chek, literally “his/her/their uncle”). Compare with Tagalog Intsik, Malay encik, Indonesian encek, Thai เจ๊ก (jék).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Insik
- the Chinese people, language, or culture
- (informal, potentially offensive) a nickname for someone who looks Chinese (see usage notes)
Usage notes
[edit]- May be offensive to Chinese Filipinos or foreigners, especially those who are familiar with the expressions, Insek kwakang and Insik wakang, kaon, kalibang.
Adjective
[edit]Insik
Usage notes
[edit]- May be seen sometimes as a provocative or derogatory ethnic slur from its crude or pejorative connotations in the past.
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Dictionario Hispánico-Sinicum[1] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish, Hokkien, and Classical Mandarin), kept as Vocabulario Español-Chino con caracteres chinos (TOMO 215) in the University of Santo Tomás Archives, Manila: Dominican Order of Preachers, 1626-1642, page 170/151 & 522/497; republished as Fabio Yuchung Lee (李毓中), Chen Tsung-jen (陳宗仁), Regalado Trota José, José Luis Caño Ortigosa, editors, Hokkien Spanish Historical Document Series I: Dictionario Hispanico Sinicum[2], Hsinchu: National Tsing Hua University Press, 2018, →ISBN
- ^ “紀念“宿務無名氏（引叔）”施維鵬 2018-2019年度校長、教師昨舉行頒獎典禮”, in 菲律賓商報 Chinese Commercial News[3], Binondo, Manila, 10 March 2019
- ^ “中正學院培幼園 三位教師獲僑委會獎”, in CKS College News[4], Tondo, Manila, 26 October 2021
- ^ “宿霧施維鵬 仙逝”, in 世界臨濮施氏宗親總會, 彰化縣鹿港鎮復興路, (Can we date this quote?)
Further reading
[edit]- John U. Wolff (1972), A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan[5]
Tagalog
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔinˈsik/ [ʔɪn̪ˈsɪk̚]
- Rhymes: -ik
- Syllabification: In‧sik
Proper noun
[edit]Insík (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜃ᜔)
- alternative form of Intsik
Noun
[edit]Insík (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜃ᜔)
- alternative form of Intsik
Adjective
[edit]Insík (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜃ᜔)
- alternative form of Intsik
Categories:
- Cebuano terms borrowed from Hokkien
- Cebuano terms derived from Hokkien
- Cebuano terms with IPA pronunciation
- Cebuano lemmas
- Cebuano proper nouns
- Cebuano informal terms
- Cebuano adjectives
- Cebuano diminutives of female given names
- Cebuano diminutives of male given names
- Tagalog 2-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/ik
- Rhymes:Tagalog/ik/2 syllables
- Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog proper nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- Tagalog nouns
- Tagalog adjectives