paminta

From Spanish pimienta.

paminta

1. The plant Piper nigrum.
2. Black pepper; the dried, unripe berries (peppercorns) of the Piper nigrum plant which are commonly used as a spice and seasoning. They are either used whole, or in a ground or crushed form.

From Spanish pimienta, from Old Spanish pimienta, from pimiento (“pepper plant”), from Latin pigmentum (“color, pigment”).

• Hyphenation: pa‧min‧ta

paminta

1. the plant Piper nigrum
2. black pepper; the dried, unripe berries (peppercorns) of the Piper nigrum plant which are commonly used as a spice and seasoning

• The berries are either used whole, or in a ground or crushed form.

• malisa

Borrowed from Spanish pimienta (“pepper”).

paminta

1. black pepper

Borrowed from Spanish pimienta (“pepper”) with an instance of front vowel lowering on the first vowel, from Latin pigmentum (“color, pigment”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /paminˈta/ [pɐ.mɪnˈta]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: pa‧min‧ta

pamintá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜆ)

1. peppercorn

   Synonym: malisa

2. (figurative, slang) closeted

• lara

• “paminta”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• 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 483: “Pimienta) Paminta (pc) C. droga conoçida [no la] teniã [eſtos antes]”

Borrowed from Spanish pimienta, from Old Spanish pimienta, from pimiento (“pepper plant”), from Latin pigmentum (“color, pigment”).

• Hyphenation: pa‧min‧ta

paminta

1. the plant Piper nigrum
2. Black pepper; the dried, unripe berries (peppercorns) of the Piper nigrum plant which are commonly used as a spice and seasoning. They are either used whole, or in a ground or crushed form.