ditse

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• diche — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• dete, dite

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 二姊 (jī-chí / jī-ché).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /diˈt͡ʃe/, [dɪˈt͡ʃɛ]
• Rhymes: -e
• Syllabification: dit‧se

Noun

ditsé (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜒ)

1. term of address for the second eldest sister

   Synonym: ditseng

   Coordinate term: diko

2. (Bulacan) term of address for the second eldest female cousin

Derived terms

• ditseng

 

Related terms

• ate
• sanse
• sitse

 

See also

• dihiya
• ditsi
• manang

 

Further reading

• “ditse”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Chu, Richard T. (2012) Chinese and Chinese Mestizos of Manila: Family, Identity, and Culture, 1860s-1930s‎^[1], page 187
• Klöter, Henning (2011) The Language of the Sangleys: A Chinese Vernacular in Missionary Sources of the Seventeenth Century, Leiden: Koninklijke Brill NV, →ISBN, page 143
• 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 141
• 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 20
• Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “ché”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, [With 1923 Supplement after the Appendix by Thomas Barclay, Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd.] edition (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 30; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 30
• Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “chí”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, [With 1923 Supplement after the Appendix by Thomas Barclay, Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd.] edition (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 38; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 38