pusyaw

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• posiao, posiyao, pusiyau, pusyau — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• pusiaw — obsolete

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 不肖 (put-siàu, “unseemly; dishonorable”). Compare Kapampangan puyasio.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /pusˈjaw/ [pʊˈʃaʊ̯]
  • IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /pusˈjaw/ [pʊsˈjaʊ̯]
• Rhymes: -aw
• Syllabification: pus‧yaw

Noun

pusyáw (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜐ᜔ᜌᜏ᜔)

1. paleness

   Synonym: putla

2. pallor

Derived terms

• makapusyaw
• mapusyaw
• papusyawin
• pumusyaw

 

Further reading

• “pusyaw”, 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 46
• 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 133