sangkutsa

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• sangkutya

Etymology

Either borrowed from Spanish salcochar (“to cook in salted water”), from sal (“salt”) +‎ cocho (archaic past participle of Old Spanish cozer (“to cook”)), or from Spanish sancochar (“to parboil”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /saŋkuˈt͡ʃa/ [sɐŋ.kʊˈt͡ʃa]
  • IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /saŋkutˈsa/ [sɐŋ.kʊt̪ˈsa]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: sang‧kut‧sa

Noun

sangkutsá (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜅ᜔ᜃᜓᜆ᜔ᜐ) (cooking)

1. act of frying or sautéing until partially cooked (especially in a little fat before adding the broth)
2. act of boiling in salt and water

Derived terms

• isangkutsa
• magsangkutsa
• pagsasangkutsa
• sangkutsahin

 

Related terms

• sangkutsado

See also

• gisa

Further reading

• “sangkutsa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Dardis, Mary (1983) “The Semantic Field of Spanish Cooking Verbs”, in Coyote Papers‎^[1], →ISSN
• “salcochar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28
• “sancochar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28