kintsay

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 芹菜 (khîn-chhài, “celery”).

Noun

kintsay

1. Chinese celery

Ilocano

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 芹菜 (khîn-chhài, “celery”).

Noun

kintsay

1. Chinese celery

Sambali

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 芹菜 (khîn-chhài, “celery”).

Noun

kintsay

1. Chinese celery

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• kinchay
• kinchai
• kinsay — obsolete

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 芹菜 (khîn-chhài, “celery”). Compare English kinchay.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kinˈt͡ʃaj/ [kɪn̪ˈt͡ʃaɪ̯]
  • IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /kinˈtsaj/ [kɪn̪ˈt͡saɪ̯]
• Rhymes: -aj
• Syllabification: kin‧tsay

Noun

kintsáy (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜈ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜐᜌ᜔)

1. Chinese celery ("varieties of Apium graveolens")

Further reading

• “kintsay”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980) “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics, volume B, number 71 (PDF), Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 136
• Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 31