sotsowa

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• sotsoa, sotsua, sutsoa, sutsua
• sotsuwa, sutsowa, sutsuwa
• sotswa, sutswa — superseded, pre-2007

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 粗紙 / 粗纸 (chho͘-chóa, “rough, heavy paper; toilet paper”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈsot͡ʃoa/ [ˌsoː.t͡ʃoˈa]
  • IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /ˈsotsoa/ [ˌsot̪.soˈa]
• Rhymes: -ot͡ʃoa, (no yod coalescence) -otsoa
• Syllabification: sot‧so‧wa

Noun

sótsowá (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜆ᜔ᜐᜓᜏ)

1. kraft paper; coarse paper; straw paper

   Synonyms: papel sotsowa, papel de estrasa

Related terms

• papel de hapon
• papel sotsowa

See also

• suob

Further reading

• “sotsowa”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “sotsowa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• 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 146
• 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 56