madresilba

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish madreselva. Compare Portuguese madressilva.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /madɾeˈsilba/ [mɐ.d̪ɾɛˈsil.bɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ilba
  • Syllabification: ma‧dre‧sil‧ba

Noun

madresilba (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜇ᜔ᜇᜒᜐᜒᜎ᜔ᜊ)

  1. Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica)

Further reading

  • “madresilba”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
  • Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 378
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