sinangag

[Robert B. Allen, Jr.]

Dear Carl,
    The reflex in the West Papuan languages of North Maluku appears to be
monomorphemic.  It is tempting to analyze the form as "si-" causative prefix
plus a root "nanga".  But there is no "nanga" with a meaning that would make any
sense.  Also, the word in West Makianese, the most divergent of the languages in
the family, is also "sinanga" which could not have been inherited from
Proto-West Papuan.  So "sinanga" has always look like a borrowing to me except I
couldn't locate the source.  Perhaps it was borrowed from Tagalog during the
period of Spanish control in North Maluku.
Robert Alllen
University of Pittsburgh

Carl Rubino wrote:

> Dear Robert,
> The Tagalog root "sangag" refers to roasting or toasting, and frying rice.
> That's funny you found a reflex in Maluku! (keep in mind that the -in- is
> the Tagalog realis infix and not part of the root though. In Ternatean, is
> the -in- part of the root? Sinangag could have been borrowed there as
> monomorphemic.  -Carl
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert B. Allen, Jr. <rbajr at bedford.net>
> To: Carl Rubino <webmaster at tagalog.org>
> Date: Friday, May 11, 2001 11:13 AM
> Subject: sinangag
>
> >Hello,
> >    What is the origin of Tagalog 'sinangag' = fried rice?  In the
> >Non-Austronesian languages of North Maluku 'sinanga' = to fry; fried  as in
> >Ternatean 'amo sinanga' = fried breadfruit.
> >Robert Allen
> >University of Pittsburgh
> >
> >Carl Rubino wrote:
> >
> >> Jean-Claude,
> >> Just wanted to point out that the Philippine Tagalog/ Ilocano/
> >> Kapampangan..) stem ..kanela.. is really just a Spanish borrowing
> (canela)
> >> 'cinnamon' (see my Tagalog dictionary), so if your etymology is correct,
> the
> >> name can't be as old as you imagine - as the Tagalogs occupied the Manila
> >> area before the arrival of the Spanish.
> >>   Here are some more of the more common portmanteaus in Tagalog:
> >>
> >> Philippine breakfasts:
> >>
> >> tapsi- bbq beef (beef jerky) + fried rice (tapa = jerked beef; sinangag =
> >> fried rice)
> >> tapsilog- the former with an egg (itlog)
> >> tapsigaw- tapsi with porridge (lugaw)
> >>
> >>   Filipinos love to create new words in this fashion. I know quite a few
> >> families that name their children from various permutations of the
> parents'
> >> names.
> >>
> >>   The National Academy also tried to coin professions with the help of
> the
> >> root 'dalubhasa'' 'expert'. These have not caught on:
> >>   dalubwika'  linguist
> >>   dalub-aghamtao  anthropologist (agham = science, tao - man)
> >>
> >>   Have a nice weekend everybody,
> >>   Carl
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: potet <POTETJP at wanadoo.fr>
> >> To: AUSTRONESIAN LANGUAGES AND LINGUISTICS <AN-LANG at anu.edu.au>
> >> Date: Friday, May 11, 2001 6:27 AM
> >> Subject: singkatan
> >>
> >> >Dear Joe,
> >> >Here are a few examples of abbreviations, acronyms and portmanteaus in
> >> >Tagalog.
> >> >Best
> >> >Jean-Paul G. POTET. B. P. 46. 92114 CLICHY CEDEX. FRANCE.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >balarilà [ba-la-ri:-la?] "grammar" < bála-na "everybody" + -ng (linker)
> +
> >> >dilà "tongue" [coined by Lope K. SANTOS]
> >> >
> >> >daglát "abbreviation" < daglî "instantaneous" + súlat "writing"
> >> >
> >> >EDSA < Epifanio de los Santos Avenue "a famous Metro-Manila thoroughfare
> >> >where important political events took place, hence the political concept
> of
> >> >popular upheaval against the president in charge"
> >> >
> >> >Gomburza < Gomez + Burgos + Zamora "three priests condemned to the death
> >> >penalty for sedition by the end of the Spanish period"
> >> >
> >> >Luzviminda < Luzon + Visayas + Mindanao "the Philippines [very seldom
> used
> >> >as such]; also a girl's name"
> >> >
> >> >Malakañan / Malakányan "the name of the presidential palace < ma-
> >> >"adjectival prefix" + lakán "grandee + linker" + diyán "there"
> >> >NOTE. This etymology was invented in the 20th Century. There is every
> >> reason
> >> >to believe that the place was named after a plant growing there. This
> plant
> >> >name is of the _mala-_ "false" type, e.g. _kalíngag_ "cinnamon tree" >
> >> >_malakalíngag_ "false cinnamon tree". The _-an_ suffix is that of place
> >> >names.
> >> >The stem must have been *_kani_, but no such stem in entered in old
> >> >dictionaries. Conversely the stem _kaníla_ does exist in Ilokano, Bikol
> and
> >> >Kapampangan and means "cinnamon". If such is the stem, it would be
> >> necessary
> >> >to posit _*mala-kaníla-an > *mala-kaníha-an > *mala-kanía-an >
> *malakanían
> >> >
> >> >malakányan_ (the evolution of some intervocalic Ls into /Ø/ is
> well-known:
> >> /
> >> >l > h > Ø /). This would imply that the name is very old and dates back
> to
> >> a
> >> >period when Tagalogs where not yet in the Manila area. Whatever, in the
> >> >absence of solid written references, my theory rests on its own merit.
> >> >
> >> >Susmaryosép "Oh, my God!" < Hesús "Jesus" + María "Mary + Husép < Joséph
> >> >"Joseph [16th Century Spanish pronunciation]"
> >> >
> >> >tatsúlok "triangle" < tatló "three" + súlok "corner"
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >    ZORC's Tagalog slang dictionary has plenty of them. Here is one.
> >> >
> >> >buwisíta "unwanted visitor" < bisíta < Span. visita "visitor" + buwísit
> >> "an
> >> >importune"
> >> >< Hokkien Chin. bö-uî-sít "no-clothes-food > unlucky" [ö = o with a
> macron]
> >> >
> >
> >