sangko

• samco, sangco — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
• samko, sanko — obsolete

Borrowed from Hokkien 三哥 (saⁿ-ko, “third eldest brother”) according to Chan-Yap (1980) and Manuel (1948).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /saŋˈko/ [sɐŋˈko], /ˈsaŋko/ [ˈsaŋ.ko]
• Rhymes: -o, -aŋko
• Syllabification: sang‧ko

sangkó or sangko (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜅ᜔ᜃᜓ)

1. term of address for the third eldest brother

   Synonym: (Nueva Ecija) sangkong

   Coordinate term: sanse

2. (Bulacan) term of address for the third eldest male cousin

• “sangko”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “sangko”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• 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 142
• 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 49
• Serrano Laktaw, Pedro (1914), Diccionario tagálog-hispano (overall work in Tagalog and Spanish), Intramuros, Manila: Ateneo de Manila., page 1154
• 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.

• sakong

sangkô

1. wisdom tooth