Sayson

Cebuano

Proper noun

Sayson

  1. a surname

Tagalog

Etymology

From Hokkien, possibly either 司孫／司孙 (sai-sun, “grandson of a monk or priest, such as the father having been originally adopted”)[1] or 世孫／世孙 (sè-sun, “great-great-great-great-grandson (in a male lineage)”), via Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsajson/, [ˈsaɪ̯.son]
  • IPA(key): /sajˈson/, [saɪ̯ˈson]
  • Hyphenation: Say‧son

Proper noun

Sayson or Saysón (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜌ᜔ᜐᜓᜈ᜔)

  1. a surname from Min Nan common among Filipinos of Chinese ancestry

See also

References
  1. 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “司孫”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎ (in Taiwanese Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC

Further reading
  • Douglas, Carstairs (1899), “sai-kiáⁿ”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, London: Presbyterian Church of England, page 407
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