Sangley

• sangley
• Sanglay
• sanglay

From Spanish Sangley, ultimately from Hokkien, possibly from:

• 常來 (siâng lâi, literally “frequently comes”), as labeled in the Boxer Codex (1590), from which Mandarin 常來人 (chángláirén) referring to Sangleys originates.
• 生理 (seng-lí, “business; livelihood”), according to Go (2014-2015).
• 商旅 (siang-lí, “travelling merchant”), according to Hofileña (2011), which Go (2014-2015) considers to be "a rather literal term uncommon among early Chinese in the Philippines".
• 送來 (sàng lâi, literally “sent over”) or 生理人來 (seng-lí-lâng lâi, literally “businessman comes”), according to Chan-Yap (1980).

Sangley (plural Sangleys or Sangleyes)

1. (Philippines, historical) person of pure Chinese ancestry (especially during the Spanish colonial period in the Philippines)
   • 1905, United States Bureau of the Census, Census of the Phillipine Islands, 1903, page 483:

     There were also in this city certain Sangleyes who had settled down there to sell their merchandise, so that they remained there from one year to another.

   • 1907, Emma Helen Blair, The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, →ISBN, page 136:

     They retired to the river of Tan-Chuy, with a prize which they made there, a small champan from China, which came from that kingdom to Hermosa Island to carry supplies and merchandise; in it was traveling a religious of St. Dominic, in the garb of a Sangley.

   • 1947, Edwin Wolf, Doctrina Christiana: the First Book Printed in the Philippines, Manila, 1593, →ISBN:

     What arouses my wonder most is, that when I arrived no Sangley knew how to paint anything; but now they have so perfected themselves in this art that they have produced marvelous works with both the brush and the chisel....

• Ganleys

• sangley, Sanglay, sanglay, xiang-lay

From Hokkien, possibly from:

• 常來 (siâng lâi, literally “frequently comes”), as labeled in the Boxer Codex (1590), from which Mandarin 常來人 (chángláirén) referring to Sangleys originates.
• 生理 (seng-lí, “business; livelihood”), according to Go (2014-2015).
• 商旅 (siang-lí, “travelling merchant”), according to Hofileña (2011), which Go (2014-2015) considers to be "a rather literal term uncommon among early Chinese in the Philippines".
• 送來 (sàng lâi, literally “sent over”) or 生理人來 (seng-lí-lâng lâi, literally “businessman comes”), according to Chan-Yap (1980).

According to Quilis et al. (1997), Wenceslao Retana (1921) commented before (sic):[1]

"(del chino xiang-lay, mercader.) adj. Nombre que en lo antiguo se dio en Filipinas a los mercaderes chinos, y que luego se hizo genérico de los de esta raza residentes en aquellas islas"

Sangley m (plural Sangleyes)

1. (Philippines, historical) person of pure Chinese ancestry (especially during the Spanish colonial period in the Philippines)

• sangley

Borrowed from Spanish Sangley, ultimately from Hokkien, possibly from:

• 常來 (siâng lâi, literally “frequently comes”), as labeled in the Boxer Codex (1590), from which Mandarin 常來人 (chángláirén) referring to Sangleys originates.
• 生理 (seng-lí, “business; livelihood”), according to Go (2014-2015).[1]
• 商旅 (siang-lí, “travelling merchant”), according to Hofileña (2011),[2] which Go (2014-2015) considers to be "a rather literal term uncommon among early Chinese in the Philippines".
• 送來 (sàng lâi, literally “sent over”) or 生理人來 (seng-lí-lâng lâi, literally “businessman comes”), according to Chan-Yap (1980). [3]

Doublet of Sanglay.

• Hyphenation: Sang‧ley
• IPA^(key): /saŋˈlej/, [sɐŋˈleɪ̯]

Sangléy (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜅ᜔ᜎᜒᜌ᜔)

1. (historical) person of pure Chinese ancestry (especially during the Spanish colonial period in the Philippines)
2. Alternative form of Sanglay