ambrosya

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ambrosía, from Ancient Greek ἀμβροσία (ambrosía, “immortality”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔamˈbɾosja/ [ʔɐmˈbɾoː.ʃɐ]
    • IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ʔamˈbɾosja/ [ʔɐmˈbɾos.jɐ]
  • Rhymes: -osja
  • Syllabification: am‧bros‧ya
  • Homophone: Ambrosia

Noun

ambrosya (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋ᜔ᜊ᜔ᜇᜓᜐ᜔ᜌ) (Greek mythology, Roman mythology)

  1. ambrosia (food of the gods, thought to confer immortality)

See also

Further reading

  • “ambrosya”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
  • “ambrosya”, 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 29
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