letsugas
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: le‧tsu‧gas
Etymology 1
A minced oath of animal.
Interjection
letsugas
Etymology 2
From Spanish lechugas, plural of lechuga, from Latin lactūca.
Noun
letsugas
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- lichogas — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
- litsugas
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish lechugas, plural of lechuga (“lettuce”), from Latin lactūca.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /leˈt͡ʃuɡas/ [lɛtˈt͡ʃuː.ɣɐs]
- IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /letˈsuɡas/ [lɛt̪ˈsuː.ɣɐs]
- Rhymes: -uɡas
- Syllabification: let‧su‧gas
Noun
letsugas (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜓᜄᜐ᜔)
Related terms
Further reading
- “letsugas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.[1] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag., page 386: “Lechuga) Lichogas (pp) C. de caſtilla”