sayaong

Tagalog

Etymology

From sa yaon +‎ -g, literally “at the distant [time] when […] ”.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /sajaˈʔoŋ/ [sɐ.jɐˈʔoŋ]
• Rhymes: -oŋ
• Syllabification: sa‧ya‧ong

Conjunction

sayaóng (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜌᜂᜅ᜔) (obsolete)

1. since; ever since

   Synonym: mula noong

   Sayaong magkatawang-tao ang ating panginoong Hesukristo, guminhawa ang sanlibutan.

   Ever since our Lord Jesus Christ manifested in the flesh, the universe prospered.

See also

• ngayon

Further reading

• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[2], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 234: “Deſde) Sayaong [(pc)] adver)”