Etymology

tausi

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Today it means: Salted black beans. Full definition →

Tagalog tausi ← Hokkien 豆豉
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The story

  1. Hokkien · derived from豆豉
  2. Tagalog · borrowed fromtausi
  3. English todaytausi

From Tagalog tausi, from Hokkien 豆豉 (tāu-sī). Doublet of douchi.

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