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"2": "",
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"1": "宋",
"2": "",
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},
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"etymology_text": "A Hispanicized Chinese Filipino surname from Hokkien. The second element ko is from Hokkien 哥 (gē, “elder brother”), an honorific used in addressing a senior male. The first element Song probably reflects a Hokkien pronunciation of a Chinese surname or personal name, possibly 宋 (sòng, “Song”), though the exact Chinese characters are uncertain.\nThe surname belongs to the class of older Chinese Filipino surnames formed from transliterated Hokkien names written in Spanish orthography and adopted as hereditary surnames during the Spanish colonial period.",
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"Song‧co"
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"parents": [],
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"ipa": "/ˈsoŋko/",
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},
{
"ipa": "[ˈsoŋ.ko]",
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{
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}
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},
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"args": {
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"2": "",
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"Tagalog lemmas",
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"a Chinese Filipino surname of Hokkien origin"
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