kalimbahin
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- calimbahin — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
- kalambahin
- kalumbahin
- kalinbagin
Etymology
Compare Ilocano galimba (“red coconut”), Cebuano limbahon (“pinkish; coconut with reddish shell; yellow with a tinge of red and brown”), Hiligaynon alimbahon / limbahon (“kind of coconut with reddish husks”), and Waray-Waray limbaon (“pink”). See also Maranao limba (“light brown; light orange”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kalimbaˈhin/ [kɐ.lɪm.bɐˈhɪn̪]
- Rhymes: -in
- Syllabification: ka‧lim‧ba‧hin
Noun
kalimbahín (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜒᜋ᜔ᜊᜑᜒᜈ᜔)
- (botany) coconut (with a pinkish ring at the base of the stalk but the rest of the husk is yellowish or tan-colored)
- Synonym: niyog
- (botany, dialectal) common guava (Psidium guajava)
- (botany) lime berry (Micromelum compressum)
- pink; reddish color
- Synonym: rosas
- kalimbahin:
Derived terms
- kalimbahin-lihim
- kalimbahinan
- kalimbahinin
- magkalimbahin
Adjective
kalimbahín (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜒᜋ᜔ᜊᜑᜒᜈ᜔)
See also
| puti | abo, gris | itim |
| pula; krimson | kahel; kayumanggi | dilaw; krema |
| kulay-dayap | lungti, lungtian, berde | |
| turkesa | bughaw-langit, asul | bughaw, asul |
| lila, biyoleta; nila, tayom | mahenta; ube, morado, haban, purpura | rosas, kalimbahin |
References
- “kalimbahin”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
- Serrano Laktaw, Pedro (1914), Diccionario tagálog-hispano (overall work in Tagalog and Spanish), Intramuros, Manila: Ateneo de Manila., page 435
- Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.[1] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.[2] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag., page 160: “Coco) Calimbahin ([pc]) tierno es colorado [y amarga] la cascara, no ſe come ſino lo de dentro.”
- Manuel, E. Arsenio (1971), A Lexicographic Study of Tayabas Tagalog of Quezon Province, Quezon City: Diliman Review, page 182
- Merrill, Elmer Drew (1903), A dictionary of the plant names of the Philippine Islands[3]
- Philippines Bureau of Agriculture (1922), Bulletin[4]