This Filipino word is from the Fookien Chinese a-tsì (“eldest sister”).
áte
older sister
ATE
older sister
family terms
Family Terms in Tagalog
older sister
BUNSO
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MANUGANG
MAG-ASAWA
root word: asawa (meaning: spouse)
PAMILYA
This word is from the Spanish familia.
pa·míl·ya
family
family
mga pamílya
families
malaking pamilya
= pamilyang malaki
large family
Filipino Family Terms from Chinese
These are family terms that Filipinos use that are from Hokkien Chinese.
ate = appellation for eldest sister
from a ci (“a” is a prefix for relationships; “ci” means older sister)
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MADRASTA
This word is from the Spanish madrastra.
INGKONG
This word is from a Chinese language.