pansit

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Etymology

From Philippine Spanish pancit, from Hokkien, either:

  • 扁食 (pán-si̍t, literally “kneaded food”), according to Manuel (1948).
  • 便 (pân si̍t, “dish that is conveniently cooked”, literally “easy food”), according to Chan-Yap (1980).

Compare Indonesian pangsit.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: pan‧sit
  • IPA(key): /panˈsit/, [pan̪ˈsit]

Noun

pansít

  1. noodles (of Chinese origin)

Catalan

Adjective

pansit (feminine pansida, masculine plural pansits, feminine plural pansides)

  1. withered, wilted
  2. (figurative) downcast, depressed

Participle

pansit (feminine pansida, masculine plural pansits, feminine plural pansides)

  1. past participle of pansir

Tagalog

Alternative forms

  • pancit common, nonstandard

Etymology

From Philippine Spanish pancit, from Hokkien, either:

  • 扁食 (pán-si̍t, literally “kneaded food”), according to Manuel (1948).[1]
  • 便 (pân si̍t, “dish that is conveniently cooked”, literally “easy food”), according to Chan-Yap (1980).[2]

Compare Indonesian pangsit.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /panˈsit/, [pɐnˈsit]
  • Hyphenation: pan‧sit

Noun

pansít (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜆ᜔)

  1. noodles (of Chinese origin)

Derived terms

  • pansit batsoy
  • pansit gisado
  • pansit kanton
  • pansit langlang
  • pansit luglog
  • pansit malabon
  • pansit mami
  • pansit palabok
  • pansit tsami
  • pansit-pansitan
  • pansitan
  • pansiterya

See also

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 42
  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 139

Further reading

  • pansit”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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