senisa

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ken-der.
Proto-Italic *kenisder.
Latin cinisder.
Vulgar Latin *cinisia
Old Spanish ceniza
Spanish cenizabor.
Tagalog senisa

    Borrowed from Spanish ceniza, from Old Spanish ceniza, from Vulgar Latin *cinisia, from Latin cinis, from Proto-Italic *kenis, from Proto-Indo-European *ken-.

    Pronunciation

    • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /seˈnisa/ [sɛˈn̪iː.sɐ]
    • Rhymes: -isa
    • Syllabification: se‧ni‧sa

    Noun

    senisa (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜈᜒᜐ)

    1. ash
      Synonym: abo

    Usage notes

    • Used especially in certain expressions.

    Further reading

    • “senisa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
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