bentosa
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- bintosa — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
- bintusa — obsolete
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish ventosa.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /benˈtosa/ [bɛn̪ˈt̪oː.sɐ]
- Rhymes: -osa
- Syllabification: ben‧to‧sa
Noun
bentosa (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜐ)
- cupping glass
- Synonyms: bakam, tandok, panghakab
Derived terms
- ibentosa
- magbentosa
- pagbentosahan
Further reading
- “bentosa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero[1], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 596: “Ventoſa) Bintoſa (pp) C. de [vidrio venida] de Mexico”