suwapang

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• s'wapang — contraction
• swapang — superseded, pre-2007

Etymology

Possibly Chinese, according to Zorc (1993) & Santos (1978), possibly Hokkien 山崩地裂 (soaⁿ-pang-tōe-li̍h, “uproarious; riotous; outrageous”, literally “the mountains collapse and the earth splits open”). Compare Cebuano swapang (“oppressively opportunistic”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /suˈapaŋ/ [ˈswaː.pɐŋ]
• Rhymes: -apaŋ
• Syllabification: su‧wa‧pang

Adjective

suwapang (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜏᜉᜅ᜔)

1. greedy; covetous; avaricious

   Synonyms: sakim, masakim, maimbot, mapag-imbot

2. (slang) graft-ridden

Derived terms

• kasuwapangan
• suwangit
• suwapangin

 

See also

• duwapang
• mukhang pera

 

References

• “suwapang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, page 134
• Santos, Vito C. (1978) Vicassan's Pilipino-English Dictionary, Revised edition (overall work in Tagalog and English), With an Introduction by Teodoro A. Agoncillo, Metro Manila: National Book Store, →ISBN, page 2361
• 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “山崩地裂”, in 臺日大辭典‎^[1] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC