sintunis

Tagalog

Alternative forms

sintones, sintonis
sintores, sintoris
sintures, sinturis

Etymology

Early borrowing from Spanish citrones with metathesis.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sinˈtunis/, [sɪnˈtu.nɪs]
Hyphenation: sin‧tu‧nis

Noun

sintunis (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜈᜒᜐ᜔) (chiefly Southern Tagalog)

calamansi; calamondin (Citrus × microcarpa, ×Citrofortunella mitis)
Synonyms: kalamansi, (chiefly western Marinduque) kalamunding, (western Marinduque) dayap, (Quezon) kidya, aldonisis

Derived terms

sintunisan

Related terms

sitrato
sitriko
sitrina
sitro
sitron

See also

Further reading

“sintunis” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
“sintonis”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles, Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 906
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
Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 325

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