agatsona

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Philippine Spanish agachona (“Gallirallus striatus”), from Spanish agachona (“snipe”), from agachar.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaɡaˈt͡ʃona/ [ʔɐ.ɣɐtˈt͡ʃoː.n̪ɐ]
    • IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ʔaɡatˈsona/ [ʔɐ.ɣɐt̪ˈsoː.n̪ɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ona
  • Syllabification: a‧gat‧so‧na

Noun

agatsona (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜄᜆ᜔ᜐᜓᜈ)

  1. slaty-breasted rail (Gallirallus striatus)
    Synonym: tikling
  2. a kind of Spanish dish

Further reading

  • “agatsona”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 16
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