petsay

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• pechay

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 白菜 (pe̍h-chhài, “Chinese cabbage”, literally “white vegetable”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pet‧say

Noun

petsay

1. Chinese cabbage (either napa cabbage or bok choy)

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 白菜 (pe̍h-chhài, “Chinese cabbage”, literally “white vegetable”).

Noun

petsay

1. Chinese cabbage (either napa cabbage or bok choy)

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• pechay

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 白菜 (pe̍h-chhài, “Chinese cabbage”, literally “white vegetable”), as per Chan-Yap (1980) and Manuel (1948).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpet͡ʃaj/ [ˈpɛː.t͡ʃaɪ̯]
• Rhymes: -et͡ʃaj
• Syllabification: pet‧say

Noun

petsay (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜌ᜔)

1. Chinese cabbage (either napa cabbage or bok choy)

Descendants

• → English: pechay

References

• 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 44

Further reading

• “petsay”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018