siyoktong

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• siyuktong
• sihuktong

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 宿福堂 (siok-hok-tông), romanized on labels as "SIOK HOC TONG", a genericized trademark brand of herbal wine sold by Destileria Limtuaco in the late 1800s in Manila. Compare Pangasinan sioktong.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /siokˈtoŋ/ [ʃokˈt̪oŋ]
  • IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /siokˈtoŋ/ [sjokˈt̪oŋ]
• Rhymes: -oŋ
• Syllabification: si‧yok‧tong

Noun

siyoktóng (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜌᜓᜃ᜔ᜆᜓᜅ᜔)

1. rice wine

   Synonym: alak sa bigas

References

• “siyoktong”, 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 55
• 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 139