sangko

• samco, sangco — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• samko, sanko — obsolete

Borrowed from Hokkien 三哥 (saⁿ-ko, “third eldest brother”) according to Chan-Yap (1980) and Manuel (1948).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /saŋˈko/ [sɐŋˈko], /ˈsaŋko/ [ˈsaŋ.ko]
• Rhymes: -o, -aŋko
• Syllabification: sang‧ko

sangkó or sangko (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜅ᜔ᜃᜓ)

1. term of address for the third eldest brother

   Synonym: sangkong

   Coordinate term: sanse

2. (Bulacan) term of address for the third eldest male cousin

• “sangko” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “sangko”, 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 142
• 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 49
• Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 1154.
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier

sangkô

1. wisdom tooth