kutsinta

• cuchinta
• cutchinta
• kuchinta
• kutchinta

Borrowed from Tagalog kutsinta. See also English ang ku kueh, red tortoise cake, kuih kosui.

• (Philippines) IPA^(key): /kʊ.t͡ʃɪn̪ˈt̪aʔ/
• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈku.t͡ʃɪn.tə/

kutsinta (uncountable) (Philippines)

1. A red or yellow steamed rice cake with a chewy, jelly-like consistency, popular in the Philippines.

• tank suit, tanksuit

• cochinta — dated, Spanish-based spelling
• kuchinta

Possibly from Malay. See Malay kuih (“bite-sized pastry cake”), Malay cinta (“affection; love”). See also Malay kuih kosui.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kut͡ʃinˈtaʔ/ [kʊt.t͡ʃɪn̪ˈt̪aʔ]
  • IPA^(key): (no palatal assimilation) /kutsinˈtaʔ/ [kʊt̪.sɪn̪ˈt̪aʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: kut‧sin‧ta

kutsintâ (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜆ)

1. kutsinta (a red or yellow steamed rice cake with a chewy, jelly-like consistency, popular in the Philippines)

   Synonym: puto kutsinta

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