"tsong" meaning in Tagalog

See tsong in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃoŋ/ [Standard-Tagalog], [ˈt͡ʃoŋ] [Standard-Tagalog], /ˈtsoŋ/ (note: no palatal assimilation), [ˈt͡soŋ] (note: no palatal assimilation) Forms: tsang [feminine], ᜆ᜔ᜐᜓᜅ᜔ [Baybayin], chong [alternative]
Rhymes: -oŋ Etymology: From tso + -ng. Etymology templates: {{suffix|tl|tso|-ng}} tso + -ng Head templates: {{tl-noun|b=+|f=tsang}} tsong (feminine tsang, Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜓᜅ᜔), {{tlb|tl|slang|chiefly|men's speech}} (slang, chiefly men's speech)
  1. term of address for a male friend: dude; buddy; pal; mate Synonyms: pare
    Sense id: en-tsong-tl-noun-DoPwuQYl Categories (other): Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation, Male family members Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation: 35 20 27 18 Disambiguation of Male family members: 40 5 7 48
  2. term of address for a brother: bro; bruv Synonyms: kapatid, utol
    Sense id: en-tsong-tl-noun-q0XhceQq
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃoŋ/ [Standard-Tagalog], [ˈt͡ʃoŋ] [Standard-Tagalog], /ˈtsoŋ/ (note: no palatal assimilation), [ˈt͡soŋ] (note: no palatal assimilation) Forms: tsang [feminine], ᜆ᜔ᜐᜓᜅ᜔ [Baybayin], tiyong [alternative], tyong [alternative], chong [alternative]
Rhymes: -oŋ Etymology: From tiyo + -ng. Etymology templates: {{suffix|tl|tiyo|-ng}} tiyo + -ng Head templates: {{tl-noun|b=+|f=tsang}} tsong (feminine tsang, Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜓᜅ᜔), {{tlb|tl|slang}} (slang)
  1. term of address for an uncle: uncle Tags: slang Synonyms: tiyo, tito, tiyuhin, amain, amba, tiyong
    Sense id: en-tsong-tl-noun-GEWrGTpG
  2. co-godfather Tags: slang Synonyms: ninong
    Sense id: en-tsong-tl-noun-OqtdXsgZ Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Tagalog entries with incorrect language header, Tagalog terms suffixed with -ng, Tagalog terms with Baybayin script, Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries, Male family members, Siblings Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 6 13 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 3 5 68 Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with incorrect language header: 24 3 6 67 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms suffixed with -ng: 27 14 19 41 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with Baybayin script: 27 10 15 49 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries: 23 9 13 55 Disambiguation of Male family members: 40 5 7 48 Disambiguation of Siblings: 12 5 6 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: tsongki, tsongki-tsongki
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": "tso",
        "3": "-ng"
      },
      "expansion": "tso + -ng",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From tso + -ng.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tsang",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᜆ᜔ᜐᜓᜅ᜔",
      "tags": [
        "Baybayin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chong",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "b": "+",
        "f": "tsang"
      },
      "expansion": "tsong (feminine tsang, Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜓᜅ᜔)",
      "name": "tl-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": "slang",
        "3": "chiefly",
        "4": "men's speech"
      },
      "expansion": "(slang, chiefly men's speech)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "tsong"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "tsong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tagalog",
  "lang_code": "tl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "35 20 27 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "40 5 7 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "tl",
          "name": "Male family members",
          "orig": "tl:Male family members",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "term of address for a male friend: dude; buddy; pal; mate"
      ],
      "id": "en-tsong-tl-noun-DoPwuQYl",
      "links": [
        [
          "term of address",
          "term of address#English"
        ],
        [
          "male",
          "male#English"
        ],
        [
          "friend",
          "friend#English"
        ],
        [
          "dude",
          "dude"
        ],
        [
          "buddy",
          "buddy"
        ],
        [
          "pal",
          "pal"
        ],
        [
          "mate",
          "mate"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "pare"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "term of address for a brother: bro; bruv"
      ],
      "id": "en-tsong-tl-noun-q0XhceQq",
      "links": [
        [
          "term of address",
          "term of address#English"
        ],
        [
          "brother",
          "brother#English"
        ],
        [
          "bro",
          "bro"
        ],
        [
          "bruv",
          "bruv"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "kapatid"
        },
        {
          "word": "utol"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃoŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃoŋ]",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtsoŋ/",
      "note": "no palatal assimilation"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡soŋ]",
      "note": "no palatal assimilation"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-oŋ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tsong"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "tsongki"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "tsongki-tsongki"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": "tiyo",
        "3": "-ng"
      },
      "expansion": "tiyo + -ng",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From tiyo + -ng.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tsang",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᜆ᜔ᜐᜓᜅ᜔",
      "tags": [
        "Baybayin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tiyong",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tyong",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chong",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "b": "+",
        "f": "tsang"
      },
      "expansion": "tsong (feminine tsang, Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜓᜅ᜔)",
      "name": "tl-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": "slang"
      },
      "expansion": "(slang)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "tsong"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "tsong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tagalog",
  "lang_code": "tl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "term of address for an uncle: uncle"
      ],
      "id": "en-tsong-tl-noun-GEWrGTpG",
      "links": [
        [
          "term of address",
          "term of address#English"
        ],
        [
          "uncle",
          "uncle#English"
        ],
        [
          "uncle",
          "uncle"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "tiyo"
        },
        {
          "word": "tito"
        },
        {
          "word": "tiyuhin"
        },
        {
          "word": "amain"
        },
        {
          "word": "amba"
        },
        {
          "word": "tiyong"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "29 6 13 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 3 5 68",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 3 6 67",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 14 19 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog terms suffixed with -ng",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 10 15 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog terms with Baybayin script",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 9 13 55",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "40 5 7 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "tl",
          "name": "Male family members",
          "orig": "tl:Male family members",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 5 6 77",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "tl",
          "name": "Siblings",
          "orig": "tl:Siblings",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "co-godfather"
      ],
      "id": "en-tsong-tl-noun-OqtdXsgZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "co-",
          "co-"
        ],
        [
          "godfather",
          "godfather"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ninong"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃoŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃoŋ]",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtsoŋ/",
      "note": "no palatal assimilation"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡soŋ]",
      "note": "no palatal assimilation"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-oŋ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tsong"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Tagalog/oŋ",
    "Rhymes:Tagalog/oŋ/1 syllable",
    "Tagalog 1-syllable words",
    "Tagalog entries with incorrect language header",
    "Tagalog lemmas",
    "Tagalog men's speech terms",
    "Tagalog nouns",
    "Tagalog slang",
    "Tagalog terms suffixed with -ng",
    "Tagalog terms with Baybayin script",
    "Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation",
    "Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries",
    "tl:Male family members",
    "tl:Siblings"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": "tso",
        "3": "-ng"
      },
      "expansion": "tso + -ng",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From tso + -ng.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tsang",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᜆ᜔ᜐᜓᜅ᜔",
      "tags": [
        "Baybayin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chong",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "b": "+",
        "f": "tsang"
      },
      "expansion": "tsong (feminine tsang, Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜓᜅ᜔)",
      "name": "tl-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": "slang",
        "3": "chiefly",
        "4": "men's speech"
      },
      "expansion": "(slang, chiefly men's speech)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "tsong"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "tsong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tagalog",
  "lang_code": "tl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "term of address for a male friend: dude; buddy; pal; mate"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "term of address",
          "term of address#English"
        ],
        [
          "male",
          "male#English"
        ],
        [
          "friend",
          "friend#English"
        ],
        [
          "dude",
          "dude"
        ],
        [
          "buddy",
          "buddy"
        ],
        [
          "pal",
          "pal"
        ],
        [
          "mate",
          "mate"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "pare"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "term of address for a brother: bro; bruv"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "term of address",
          "term of address#English"
        ],
        [
          "brother",
          "brother#English"
        ],
        [
          "bro",
          "bro"
        ],
        [
          "bruv",
          "bruv"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "kapatid"
        },
        {
          "word": "utol"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃoŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃoŋ]",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtsoŋ/",
      "note": "no palatal assimilation"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡soŋ]",
      "note": "no palatal assimilation"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-oŋ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tsong"
}

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    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Tagalog/oŋ",
    "Rhymes:Tagalog/oŋ/1 syllable",
    "Tagalog 1-syllable words",
    "Tagalog entries with incorrect language header",
    "Tagalog lemmas",
    "Tagalog nouns",
    "Tagalog slang",
    "Tagalog terms suffixed with -ng",
    "Tagalog terms with Baybayin script",
    "Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation",
    "Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries",
    "tl:Male family members",
    "tl:Siblings"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "tsongki"
    },
    {
      "word": "tsongki-tsongki"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": "tiyo",
        "3": "-ng"
      },
      "expansion": "tiyo + -ng",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From tiyo + -ng.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tsang",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᜆ᜔ᜐᜓᜅ᜔",
      "tags": [
        "Baybayin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tiyong",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tyong",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chong",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "b": "+",
        "f": "tsang"
      },
      "expansion": "tsong (feminine tsang, Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜓᜅ᜔)",
      "name": "tl-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": "slang"
      },
      "expansion": "(slang)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "tsong"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "tsong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tagalog",
  "lang_code": "tl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "term of address for an uncle: uncle"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "term of address",
          "term of address#English"
        ],
        [
          "uncle",
          "uncle#English"
        ],
        [
          "uncle",
          "uncle"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "tiyo"
        },
        {
          "word": "tito"
        },
        {
          "word": "tiyuhin"
        },
        {
          "word": "amain"
        },
        {
          "word": "amba"
        },
        {
          "word": "tiyong"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "co-godfather"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "co-",
          "co-"
        ],
        [
          "godfather",
          "godfather"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ninong"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃoŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃoŋ]",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtsoŋ/",
      "note": "no palatal assimilation"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡soŋ]",
      "note": "no palatal assimilation"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-oŋ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tsong"
}

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