wansoy

Tagalog

Alternative forms
  • unsoy
  • wansuy
  • yansoy

Etymology

From Hokkien 芫荽 (oân-sui, “coriander”).

Noun

wansóy

  1. coriander (Coriandrum sativum)
    Synonyms: kulantro, koriyandro, silantro, koriander

Further reading
  • “wansoy”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
  • 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 137
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