samlang

Borrowed from Hokkien 腌臢人 (an-cham lâng, literally “dirty person”), according to Chan-Yap (1980).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /samˈlaŋ/ [sɐmˈlaŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Syllabification: sam‧lang

samláng (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜋ᜔ᜎᜅ᜔)

1. person with dirty habits

   Synonyms: baboy, (male) kutsino, (female) kutsina

samláng (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜋ᜔ᜎᜅ᜔)

1. having dirty, unclean, or insanitary habits

   Synonyms: salaula, baboy, (male) kutsino, (female) kutsina, dugyot, marumi

• “samlang”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “samlang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.‎^[1] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.
• 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 132