Sisos

See also: sisos and sísɔs

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Borrowed from Early Modern Spanish Jesús, from Latin Iēsūs, borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs), borrowed from Hebrew יֵשׁוּעַ (yeshúa, yēšū́aʿ), from Biblical Hebrew יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (y'hoshúa, yĕhōšúaʿ), possibly from הוֹשֵׁעַ (hoshéa, hōšḗaʿ). This is found in early texts such as Doctrina Christiana written in Baybayin as ᜐᜒᜐᜓ. Doublet of Hesus, a later borrowing. Compare Hokkien 西士 (Se-sū).

    Pronunciation

    • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /siˈsos/ [sɪˈsos]
    • Rhymes: -os
    • Syllabification: Si‧sos

    Proper noun

    Sisós (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜐᜓᜐ᜔) (Christianity, obsolete)

    1. Jesus; Jesu
      Synonyms: Hesus, (Islam) Isa

    Further reading

    • Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016), Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 325