bentosa

Tagalog

Alternative forms

bintosa — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
bintusa — obsolete

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ventosa.

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /benˈtosa/ [bɛnˈto.sɐ]
Rhymes: -osa
Syllabification: ben‧to‧sa

Noun

bentosa (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜐ)

cupping glass
Synonyms: bakam, tandok, panghakab

Derived terms

ibentosa
magbentosa
pagbentosahan

Further reading

“bentosa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎, La Noble Villa de Pila, page 596: “Ventoſa) Bintoſa (pp) C. de [vidrio venida] de Mexico”

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