Sisos

See also: sisos

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• Sesus, Sisus

Etymology

Borrowed from Early Modern Spanish Jesús (“Jesus”). This is found in early texts such as Doctrina Christiana written in Baybayin as ᜐᜒᜐᜓ. Doublet of Hesus, a later borrowing. Compare Hokkien 西士 (Se-sū).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /siˈsos/ [sɪˈsos]
• Rhymes: -os
• Syllabification: Si‧sos

Proper noun

Sisós (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜐᜓᜐ᜔) (Christianity, obsolete)

1. Jesus; Jesu

   Synonyms: Hesus, (Islam) Isa

Further reading

• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 325