kesiap

Kapampangan

Alternative forms

• quésiap, quesiap (Spanish orthography, Súlat Bacúlud)
• quesyap (Súlat Bacúlud)
• kesyap (Súlat Wáwâ, Ámung Sámson)

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 膎汁 (kê-chiap, “fish sauce”, literally “pickled fish juice”). Compare Indonesian kecap, English ketchup, Tagalog ketsap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkesjəp/, [ˈkɛː.ʃəp]
• Hyphenation: ke‧siap

Noun

késiap

1. fish sauce (a fish brine byproduct from making bagoong, used as an ingredient or condiment in the Philippines)

   Synonym: patis

See also

• agamang

Further reading

• Parker, Luther (1905) An English-Spanish-Pampango Dictionary: Together with Idioms, Common Conversation, and an Abridgment of English Grammar (Grammar in a Nutshell), Various Uses of Words, Similar Words, Synonyms, Abbreviations, etc., etc.‎^[1], Manila: American Book and News Co., Publishers, page 14
• Dimalanta, Gavino, Fernandez, D. E., Calderon, S. G. (1915) Vocabulario Pampango-Tagalog-Inglés por Gavino Dimalanta, Compendio del Tagalog-Castellano-Inglés por D. E. Fernandez y S. G. Calderon, y del Pampango-Castellano-Ingles por el mismo Dimalanta‎^[2], Manila: J. Martinez, page 76
• Albina Peczon Fernandez (2006) Ten: Coming Home and Nine More Short Stories‎^[3], Holy Angel University Press, page 261