Atsi
In the Rayón Zoque language of Mexico, there is a very similar word that is the complete opposite of the Kapampángan word for “older sister”!
ACHÎ / ATSÎ • (uh-CHEE’)
older sister
Tagálog (Filipino): áte
Alternative forms: atchî, atsê (spoken)
Etymology:
Achî / atsê comes from Hokkien 阿姊 (á-chí) or Cantonese 阿姐 /äː³³ t͡sɛː³⁵⁻⁵⁵/ which both mean “older sister”.
Besides Spanish and Sanskrit, other major influences on the Kapampangan language include the southern Chinese languages of Hokkien and Cantonese from which many Kapampángan surnames and kinship terms originate.
Kapampángan:
ATSÎ “older sister”
from Hokkien 阿姊 (á-chí)
(Rayón Zoque: tsʌtsʌ)
Rayón Zoque:
ATSI “older brother”
from Proto-Mixe-Zoquean *ˀaȼi
(Kapampángan: kóya)
In the Kapampángan language of the Philippines, atsî means “older sister”.
In the Rayón Zoque language of Chiapas, southern Mexico, atsi means “older brother”.
Derived Word
MIYACHÎ / MIYATSÎ • (mi-yuh-CHEE’)
older sister and younger sibling(s)
Tagálog (Filipino): mag-áte
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