jusi

See also: Jusi

English

From Philippine Spanish jusi, ultimately from Hokkien, possibly either:[1]

富紗 (hù se, literally “rich yarn”) or 富絲 (hù si, literally “rich silk”), according to Chan-Yap(1980)[2]
互紗 (hō͘ se, literally “intertwining yarn”), according to Manuel(1948)[3]

Compare Tagalog husi, Bikol Central husi, Cebuano husi, and Hiligaynon husi.

jusi (uncountable)

(Philippines) a thin fabric woven from the fibers of the Manila plantain (abaca), Musa textilis, and pineapple leaves, to which filaments of imported silk are sometimes added and sometimes a little cotton. It is woven principally in Iloilo and western Luzon: used for women's dresses and, to some extent, for men's shirts.
- 1917, John Stuart Thomson, Fil and Filippa‎:
  It is made of jusi cloth, that is, cloth woven from banana leaf fiber.
- 1912, Jose Rizal, The Social Cancer‎:
  Her head covered with a handkerchief saturated in cologne, her body wrapped carefully in white sheets which swathed her youthful form with many folds, under curtains of jusi and pina, the girl lay on her kamagon bed.

Zorc, David Paul (1982) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 3‎, page 171
Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980), “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics‎ (PDF), volume B, issue 71, Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 130
Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language‎, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 26

jusi (Cyrillic spelling јуси)

jusi (n class, plural jusi)

jusi (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜐᜒ)