tsonggo

• chonggo

Borrowed from Philippine Spanish chongo, from Mexican Spanish chongo / chango, clipping of machango, from Guanche. Compare Ilocano sunggo and Kapampangan songgu. See also unggoy.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃoŋɡo/ [ˈt͡ʃoŋ.ɡo]
  • IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /ˈtsoŋɡo/ [ˈt̪soŋ.ɡo]
• Rhymes: -oŋɡo
• Syllabification: tsong‧go

tsonggo (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜓᜅ᜔ᜄᜓ)

1. monkey

   Synonyms: unggoy, matsing

• “tsonggo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Quilis, Antonio, Casado-Fresnillo, Celia, Quilis-Sanz, María José (1997) Los filipinismos y otras palabras de Filipinas contenidas en el «Diccionario» de la Academia‎^[1], Boletín de la Real Academia Española, page 55