litsiyas

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• lechias, lechia — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish lechías, plural of lechía (“lychee”), from Hokkien 荔枝 (lē-chi) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /liˈt͡ʃias/ [lɪˈt͡ʃiː.ɐs]
  • IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /litˈsias/ [lɪt̪ˈsiː.ɐs]
• Rhymes: -ias
• Syllabification: lit‧si‧yas

Noun

litsiyas (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜐ᜔)

1. lychee

   Synonyms: (obsolete) alupag-amo, (obsolete) alpay

Further reading

• “litsiyas”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “litsiyas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• 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 38
• Dictionario Hispánico-Sinicum‎^[1] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish, Hokkien, and Classical Mandarin), kept as Vocabulario Español-Chino con caracteres chinos (TOMO 215) in the University of Santo Tomás Archives, Manila: Dominican Order of Preachers, 1626-1642, page 79 / 282 [Print], 304 [PDF]; republished as Lee, Fabio Yuchung (李毓中), Chen, Tsung-jen (陳宗仁), José, Regalado Trota, Caño, José Luis Ortigosa, editors, Hokkien Spanish Historical Document Series I: Dictionario Hispanico Sinicum‎^[2], Hsinchu: National Tsing Hua University Press, 2018, →ISBN