pansit

Bikol Central

Etymology

From Philippine Spanish pancit, from Hokkien, either:

  • 扁食 (pán-si̍t, literally “kneaded food”), according to Manuel (1948).
  • 便食 (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/

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

Verb

pansit

  1. past participle of pansir

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Philippine Spanish pancit, from Hokkien, either:

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

Compare Indonesian pangsit.

Noun

pansít

  1. noodles (of Chinese origin)
  2. Standard spelling of pancit.

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

References
  1. Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language‎, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 42
  2. Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980), “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics‎ (PDF), volume B, issue 71, Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 139

Further reading
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.