kotonya

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cotonía (“dimity”), from Arabic قُطْنِيَّة (quṭniyya, “cotton garment”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /koˈtonja/ [koˈt̪oː.ɲɐ]
    • IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /koˈtonja/ [koˈt̪on̪.jɐ]
  • Rhymes: -onja
  • Syllabification: ko‧ton‧ya

Noun

kotonya (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜆᜓᜈ᜔ᜌ) (textiles)

  1. dimity (light strong fabric with woven stripes or squares)
    Synonym: dimiti

Further reading

  • Sagalongos, Felicidad Tomasa E. (1968) Diksiyunaryong Ingles-Pilipino, Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Mandaluyong: National Bookstore, →ISBN, page 139
  • 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 168
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