siyoktong

Tagalog

Alternative forms
  • siyuktong
  • sihuktong

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 宿福堂 (siok-hok-tông), romanized on labels as "SIOK HOC TONG", a genericized trademark brand of herbal wine sold by Destileria Limtuaco in the late 1800s in Manila. Compare Pangasinan sioktong.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /siokˈtoŋ/, [ʃokˈtoŋ]
  • Hyphenation: si‧yok‧tong

Noun

siyoktóng (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜌᜓᜃ᜔ᜆᜓᜅ᜔)

  1. rice wine
    Synonym: alak sa bigas

References
  • “siyoktong”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • 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 55
  • 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 139
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