amatista
See also: Amatista
Spanish
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Latin amethystus, from Ancient Greek ἀμέθυστος (améthustos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /amaˈtista/ [a.maˈt̪is.t̪a]
Audio (Venezuela): (file) - Rhymes: -ista
- Syllabification: a‧ma‧tis‧ta
Adjective
amatista m or f (masculine and feminine plural amatista or amatistas)
Derived terms
Noun
amatista f (plural amatistas)
Descendants
- → Tagalog: amatista
Further reading
- “amatista”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- ametista — pseudo-Hispanism
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish amatista (“amethyst”), Latin amethystus, from Ancient Greek ἀμέθυστος (améthustos).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔamaˈtista/ [ʔɐ.mɐˈt̪is.t̪ɐ]
- Rhymes: -ista
- Syllabification: a‧ma‧tis‧ta
Noun
amatista (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋᜆᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ)