samaynaka
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- samaynaca, samainaca, saminaca — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
- saminaka — obsolete
Etymology
Unknown. See also Malay serakah (“greedy”) and Javanese ꦱꦿꦏꦃ (srakah, “greedy”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog)
- IPA(key): /samajˈnakaʔ/ [sɐ.maɪ̯ˈn̪aː.xɐʔ]
- Rhymes: -akaʔ
- IPA(key): /samajnaˈkaʔ/ [sɐ.maɪ̯.n̪ɐˈxaʔ] (obsolete)
- IPA(key): /samajˈnakaʔ/ [sɐ.maɪ̯ˈn̪aː.xɐʔ]
- Syllabification: sa‧may‧na‧ka
Adjective
samaynakà (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜋᜌ᜔ᜈᜃ) (obsolete)
- gluttonous (given to excessive eating; prone to overeating)
- Synonyms: matakaw, dayukdok, patay-gutom, masimod, masiba, mapagtamasa, palalamon
Derived terms
- ipagsamaynaka
- kasamaynakaan
- magsamaynaka
- mapagsamaynaka
- sumamaynaka
Further reading
- “samaynaka”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
- 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 521: “Regalon) Samaynaca (pc) en comer y beuer”
- page 583: “Tragon) Samaynaca (pc) regalado”