malanasi

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Kapampangan malanasi, according to the Vocabulario de la lengua tagala (1860). From mala- +‎ nasi, literally “boiled rice-like”.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /malaˈnasiʔ/ [mɐ.lɐˈn̪aː.sɪʔ]
  • Rhymes: -asiʔ
  • Syllabification: ma‧la‧na‧si

Noun

malanasì (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎᜈᜐᜒ)

  1. a species of banana that produces fruit with green seeds

Further reading

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