teksas

See also: Teksas

Esperanto

Verb

teksas

1. present of teksi

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /têksas/

Noun

tȅksas m inan (Cyrillic spelling те̏ксас)

1. denim

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• texas — unadapted spelling

Etymology

Borrowed from English Texas, a reference to characters in westerns, as well as referring to a breed of rooster for cockfight, from Spanish Texas, from Hasinai Caddo táyshaʔ (“friend, ally”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈteksas/ [ˈt̪ɛk.sɐs]
• Rhymes: -eksas
• Syllabification: tek‧sas

Noun

teksas (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜃ᜔ᜐᜐ᜔)

1. a breed of rooster for cockfight
2. (slang) alternative form of tekas

Further reading

• “teksas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.
• Zorc, R. David; San Miguel, Rachel (1993), Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, page 140