paslang

== Tagalog == === Etymology === Possibly from Hokkien 拍死人 (phah-sí lāng, “to beat people to death”) according to Chan-Yap (1980) and Manuel (1948). === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /pasˈlaŋ/ [pɐsˈlaŋ] Rhymes: -aŋ Syllabification: pas‧lang === Noun === pasláng (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜐ᜔ᜎᜅ᜔) slaying; murder; assassination Synonyms: pagpatay, kitil (obsolete) boldness; impudence (obsolete) profanity ==== Derived terms ==== === References === 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 133 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 43 === Further reading === “paslang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018 === Anagrams === langpas