saminaka
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- saminaca — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
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)
- sweet-toothed
- Synonym: takaw-tamis
- (obsolete) alternative form of samaynaka
Derived terms
- ipagsamaynaka
- kasamaynakaan
- magsamaynaka
- mapagsamaynaka
- sumamaynaka
Further reading
- “saminaka”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
- Panganiban, José Villa (1973), Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 878
- 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.