pasig

See also: Pasig, Pásig, påsig, and -pasig

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pasiʀ (“sandbank; shoal in river or sea”). Compare Malay pasir and Indonesian pasir.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpasiɡ/, [ˈpa.sɪɡ]
  • Hyphenation: pa‧sig

Noun

pasig (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜐᜒᜄ᜔)

  1. sandy riverbank
    Synonym: pasigan
  2. river that flows into the sea

Derived terms

See also

References
  1. Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 135
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