saminaka

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

From monophthongization of earlier samaynaka.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /saminaˈkaʔ/ [sɐ.mɪ.n̪ɐˈxaʔ]
  • Rhymes: -aʔ
  • Syllabification: sa‧mi‧na‧ka

Adjective

saminakâ (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜋᜒᜈᜃ)

  1. sweet-toothed
    Synonym: takaw-tamis
  2. (obsolete) alternative form of samaynaka

Derived terms

  • ipagsamaynaka
  • kasamaynakaan
  • magsamaynaka
  • mapagsamaynaka
  • sumamaynaka

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