"Sanglay" meaning in Tagalog

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Noun

IPA: /saŋˈlaj/ [Standard-Tagalog], [sɐn̪ˈlaɪ̯] [Standard-Tagalog] Forms: Sangláy [canonical], ᜐᜅ᜔ᜎᜌ᜔ [Baybayin]
Rhymes: -aj Etymology: From either Spanish Sangley or directly from Hokkien, possibly either: * 常來 /常来 (siâng lâi / siông lâi, literally “frequently comes”), as labeled in the Boxer Codex (1590) and explained in the Bocabulario de la lengua sangleya por las letraz de el A.B.C. (1617) as per Van der Loon (1967), from which Mandarin 常來人 /常来人 (chángláirén) referring to Sangleys originates and consistent with Francisco de Sande (1576)'s description of “Throughout these islands they call the Chinese 'Sangleyes', meaning 'a people who come and go,' on account of their habit of coming annually to these islands to trade, or, as they say there, 'the regular port'.” as per Adelung (1817), Manuel (1948), and Go (2014-2015) * 商來 /商来 (siang lâi, literally “trader comes”), as explained in the Bocabulario de la lengua sangleya por las letraz de el A.B.C. (1617) as per Van der Loon (1967) * 生理 (seng-lí, “business; livelihood”, IPA: /ɕiɪŋ³³ li⁵⁵⁴/) as in 生理人 (seng-lí-lâng, “merchant; tradesman; trafficker”), according to Go (2014-2015) and Manuel (1948) as “sieng-lí” recorded in Piñol (1937) * 商旅 (siang-lú, “travelling merchant”), according to Manuel (1948) & Hofileña (2011) * 送來 /送来 (sàng lâi, literally “sent over”) or 生理人來 /生理人来 (seng-lí-lâng lâi, literally “businessman comes”), according to Chan-Yap (1980). * 誰來 /谁来 (siâng lâi / sâng lâi, literally “who comes”), as per Norberto Romualdez in Manuel (1948) who says that “sangley is a Spanish corruption of sang lay, signifying "who comes", an expression used by the Chinese in the Islands to greet a ship coming from China.” Van der Loon (1967) additionally surmises that perhaps it is not of Chinese origin. Doublet of Sangley. Etymology templates: {{bor|tl|es|Sangley}} Spanish Sangley, {{bor|tl|nan-hbl|-}} Hokkien, {{cog|cmn|常來人|tr=chángláirén}} Mandarin 常來人 /常来人 (chángláirén), {{m-g|Throughout these islands they call the Chinese 'Sangleyes', meaning 'a people who come and go,' on account of their habit of coming annually to these islands to trade, or, as they say there, 'the regular port'.}} “Throughout these islands they call the Chinese 'Sangleyes', meaning 'a people who come and go,' on account of their habit of coming annually to these islands to trade, or, as they say there, 'the regular port'.”, {{m-g|sieng-lí}} “sieng-lí”, {{m-g|sangley is a Spanish corruption of sang lay, signifying "who comes", an expression used by the Chinese in the Islands to greet a ship coming from China.}} “sangley is a Spanish corruption of sang lay, signifying "who comes", an expression used by the Chinese in the Islands to greet a ship coming from China.”, {{doublet|tl|Sangley}} Doublet of Sangley Head templates: {{tl-noun|Sangláy|b=+}} Sangláy (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜅ᜔ᜎᜌ᜔)
  1. (archaic) Chinese trader; Chinese merchant Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-Sanglay-tl-noun-BPlvwWMM
  2. (historical) Alternative form of Sangley Tags: alt-of, alternative, historical Alternative form of: Sangley Synonyms: sanglay, sanlay Derived forms: Kasanglayan, magsanglay Related terms: langlang, Tsino
    Sense id: en-Sanglay-tl-noun-kOCtnf3M Categories (other): Tagalog entries with incorrect language header, Tagalog terms with Baybayin script, Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation, Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with incorrect language header: 1 99 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with Baybayin script: 3 97 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation: 14 86 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries: 3 97

Alternative forms

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}

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