tirintas

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish trenzas, plural of trenza (“plait; braid”), with the Spanish ⟨z⟩ pronounced as /θ/ possibly becoming /t/ in Tagalog.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tiɾinˈtas/, [tɪ.ɾɪnˈtas]
  • Hyphenation: ti‧rin‧tas

Noun

tirintás (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜇᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜐ᜔)

  1. plait; braid; pigtail
    Synonym: (Batangas, eastern Marinduque) salapid
  2. woven band; braid (of cloth, tape, ribbon, etc.)

Derived terms
  • itirintas
  • magpatirintas
  • magtirintas
  • matirintas
  • patirintas
  • patirintasan
  • tirintasan
  • tirintasin

Further reading
  • “tirintas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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