buhong-tsina

Tagalog

Alternative forms

  • bouonsina, bouon sina, bouong sina — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
  • boonsina, boongsina, buwunsina — obsolete
  • bulungsina — dialectal, Quezon
  • buwong-sina — obsolete

Etymology

From buho +‎ -ng- +‎ Tsina.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˌbuhoŋ ˈt͡ʃina/ [ˌbuː.hon̪ ˈt͡ʃiː.n̪ɐ]
    • IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ˌbuhoŋ ˈtsina/ [ˌbuː.hon̪ ˈt͡siː.n̪ɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ina
  • Syllabification: bu‧hong-tsi‧na

Noun

buhong-tsina (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜑᜓᜅ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜈ)

  1. sacred Bali bamboo (Schizostachyum brachycladum)
    Synonyms: kawayang-tsina, buho

Further reading

  • “buhong-tsina”, 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 142: “Caña) Bovonſina (pp) o caña de china, es liſa es dura mucho. I. cavayan ſina, llaman las anſi por diferenciar ſe de las otras en ſer de mas largos cañutos y diferente hoja.”
  • Manuel, E. Arsenio (1971) A Lexicographic Study of Tayabas Tagalog of Quezon Province, Quezon City: Diliman Review, page 93
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