Gosiengfiao

Tagalog Etymology From tl nan-hbl - as a patronymic initially romanized via tl es - likely initially spelled as « Go Sengſiao » or « Go Siengſiao », where the original surname of the patriarch is possibly nan-hbl 吳 Gô͘, then the next two syllables are the patriarch's romanized nan-hbl - given name spelled in Spanish orthography from the Spanish colonial era of the Philippines. The sinographs of the given name cannot be definitively ascertained without knowing the exact tone, but without considering tones, the 2nd syllable comes from a nan-hbl - syllable that was historically spelled in Spanish orthography as « seng », which is authentically pronounced in IPA: /siɪŋ/ hence the modern spelling of « sieng ». The 3rd syllable without considering tones comes from a nan-hbl - syllable that is authentically pronounced in IPA: /siaʊ̯/, but historically spelled in Spanish orthography as « siao » or further centuries ago in the middle of terms as « ſiao » but in the modern form, the initial has been respelled into ⟨ f ⟩, possibly misidentified with a homoglyph, due to possibly later descendants encountering an obsolete usage of « ſ » long s, commonly used during the early centuries of the Spanish colonial era to represent IPA: [s]. See also Malaysian English Malaysian en fuiyoh, Singapore English Singapore en swee, tl yasuwi. Pronunciation Gosiengfiáo Go.sieng.fiao Proper noun Gosiengfiáo Gosyengfiyaw tl Chinese Filipino Hokkien See also tl Go