bitso

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Possibly from Hokkien 米棗 (bí-chó)[1]

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: bit‧so
  • IPA(key): /ˈbit͡ʃo/, [ˈbɪt͡ʃo]

Noun

bitso

  1. youtiao (especially the Philippine version)
    Synonym: bitso-bitso
Deirved terms
  • bitso-bitso
  • bitso-bitsuhan

Etymology 2

From Chinese [Term?].

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: bit‧so
  • IPA(key): /biˈt͡ʃo/, [bɪˈt͡ʃo]

Noun

bitsó

  1. a kind of starchy sauce for fried food

References
  1. Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980), “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics‎ (PDF), volume B, issue 71, Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University.
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