losyang
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Tagalog
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly from either:
- From Hokkien 老相 (lāu-siàng, “looking older than one's actual age”, literally “old appearance”).
- From English lost young (literally “lost one's youth”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈlosjaŋ/ [ˈloː.ʃɐŋ]
- Rhymes: -osjaŋ
- Syllabification: los‧yang
Adjective
[edit]losyang (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜐ᜔ᜌᜅ᜔) (slang)
- unkempt; shabby; untidy in appearance
- (by extension) haggard
Further reading
[edit]- “losyang” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
- Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary[2], Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN
Categories:
- Tagalog terms borrowed from Hokkien
- Tagalog terms derived from Hokkien
- Tagalog 2-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/osjaŋ
- Rhymes:Tagalog/osjaŋ/2 syllables
- Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog adjectives
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- Tagalog slang