lingindayat
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- ling̃in dayat — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
Etymology
From lingi (“a type of grass”) + -n- + dayat (“sharp like reed”). See also Kapampangan dayat (“rice field”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /liŋinˈdajat/ [lɪ.ŋɪn̪ˈd̪aː.jɐt̪̚], /liŋindaˈjat/ [lɪ.ŋɪn̪.d̪ɐˈjat̪̚]
- Rhymes: -ajat, -at
- Syllabification: li‧ngin‧da‧yat
Noun
lingindayat or lingindayát (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜅᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜌᜆ᜔)
- a flowering plant with red, five-petaled blooms and toothed leaves, traditionally used to stain the teeth red
See also
- damo
- kamantigi
- pangalangan
- tambalisa
- walis-haba