lasuna

First attested in Antonio Pigafetta's Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo—detailing the first circumnavigation of the world between 1519 and 1522.

From Sanskrit लशुन (laśuna, “garlic, onion”).

• Hyphenation: la‧su‧na

lasuna

1. (obsolete) garlic

   Synonym: ahos

Ultimately from Sanskrit लशुन (laśuna)

lasuna

1. onion

lasuna

1. essive singular of lasu

• auslan, lanaus, sulana

Borrowed from Sanskrit लशुन (laśuna, “garlic, onion”).

• IPA^(key): /ləˈsunə/ [ləˈsuː.nə]
• Hyphenation: la‧su‧na

lasúna

1. onion

   Synonyms: sibuyas, sang

• lasona — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Ultimately from Sanskrit लशुन (laśuna, “garlic, onion”), since displaced by the Spanish borrowing sibuyas. Compare Ilocano lasona, Kapampangan lasuna, Cebuano lasuna, and Malay dasun.

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /lasuˈnaʔ/ [lɐ.sʊˈn̪aʔ]
    • Rhymes: -aʔ
  • IPA^(key): /lasuˈna/ [lɐ.sʊˈn̪a] (obsolete)
• Syllabification: la‧su‧na

lasunâ (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜐᜓᜈ) (botany, obsolete)

1. onion; shallot

   Synonyms: sibuyas, sibuyas-tagalog, tanduyong, (Cavite) tsang

• “lasuna”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 555.
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.‎^[2] (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[3], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 609: “Zebolla) Laſona (pc) yerua conoçida”

Ultimately from Sanskrit लशुन (laśuna, “garlic, onion”). Compare Tagalog lasuna, Ilocano lasona, Cebuano lasuna.

lasuna

1. onion; shallot