kasumba

Ultimately from Sanskrit कुसुम्भ (kusumbha). Compare Cebuano kasubha, Tagalog kasubha, and Malay kesumba.

kasumba

1. safflower (Carthamus tinctorius)

Ultimately from Sanskrit कुसुम्भ (kusumbha).

• (Standard Maguindanaon) IPA^(key): /kaˈsumba/ [kʌˈʂum.bʌ]
• Rhymes: -umba
• Syllabification: ka‧sum‧ba

kasumba

1. pink

Ultimately from Sanskrit कुसुम्भ (kusumbha). Cf. Cebuano kasubha, Tagalog kasubha, Ilocano kasumba, and Malay kesumba).

kasumba

1. (botany) safflower (Carthamus tinctorius)

Borrowed from Gujarati કસુંબો (kasumbo, “a beverage containing opium”), Kachchi [Term?]; compare Sindhi کُهُنبو (kuhunbo).^[1]

kasumba class IX (plural kasumba class X)

1. opium

   Synonym: afyuni

2. hangover (unpleasant relic left from prior events)

   kasumba ya ukoloni ― colonial hangover

Early borrowing from Philippine Spanish cachumba, ultimately from Sanskrit कुसुम्भ (kusumbha). Words with a closed penultimate syllable tend to have ultimate stress on earlier stages of the language. Doublet of kasubha and katsumba.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kasumˈba/ [kɐ.sʊmˈba]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ka‧sum‧ba

kasumbá (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜐᜓᜋ᜔ᜊ)

1. alternative form of katsumba

• “kasumba”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018