camanguián

Spanish

Etymology

From Philippine kamangyan, from Malay kemenyan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kamanˈɡjan/ [ka.mãŋˈɡjãn]
  • Rhymes: -an
  • Syllabification: ca‧man‧guián

Noun

camanguián m (plural camanguianes)

  1. (Philippines, obsolete) an incense obtained from the Amboina pitch tree (Agathis dammara, syn. Agathis philippensis)

Further reading

  • Dictionario Hispánico-Sinicum[1] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish, Hokkien, and Classical Mandarin), kept as Vocabulario Español-Chino con caracteres chinos (TOMO 215) in the University of Santo Tomás Archives, Manila: Dominican Order of Preachers, 1626-1642; republished as Lee, Fabio Yuchung (李毓中), Chen, Tsung-jen (陳宗仁), José, Regalado Trota, Caño, José Luis Ortigosa, editors, Hokkien Spanish Historical Document Series I: Dictionario Hispanico Sinicum[2], Hsinchu: National Tsing Hua University Press, 2018, →ISBN