kansing

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Malay kancing (buckle; fastener; button). Possibly onomatopoeic in origin. Compare Javanese ꦏꦚ꧀ꦕꦶꦁ (kanycing, lock, door lock; button).

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Noun

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kansíng (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜅ᜔) (obsolete)

  1. gold brooch or clasp
  2. sound of tiny bells or jingles
    Synonyms: kalansing, kuliling
  3. window lock

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See also

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Further reading

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  • kansing”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) loan “fastener”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI