batsoy

Cebuano

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Hiligaynon batsoy, from Hokkien, either 肉碎 (bah-chhùi, “minced meat”, literally “meat pieces”) or 肉水 (bah-chúi, literally “meat water”). See also tsapsoy, Hokkien 肉脞麵／肉脞面 (bah-chhò-mī).

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: ba‧tsoy, bat‧soy

Noun

batsoy

  1. (rare) batchoy

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbat͡ʃoj/, [ˈba.t͡ʃoɪ̯]
  • Hyphenation: bat‧soy

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Hiligaynon batsoy, likely from Hokkien, either 肉碎 (bah-chhùi, “minced meat”, literally “meat pieces”)[1] or 肉水 (bah-chúi, literally “meat water”).[2] See also Hokkien 肉脞麵／肉脞面 (bah-chhò-mī).

Noun

batsoy (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆ᜔ᜐᜓᜌ᜔)

  1. batchoy (noodle soup made with pork offal, crushed pork cracklings, chicken stock, beef loin and round noodles)
Derived terms
  • magbabatsoy
  • magbatsoy

See also

Etymology 2

Clipping of tabatsoy.

Adjective

batsoy (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆ᜔ᜐᜓᜌ᜔)

  1. (slang) fat (of a person)

Further reading
  • “batsoy”, 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 16
  • Zorc, David Paul (1979–1983) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 1, page 44

References
  1. 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 15
  2. 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 137
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