panotsa

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish panocha (corncob; coarse brown sugar).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /panoˈt͡ʃa/ [pɐ.n̪otˈt͡ʃa]
    • IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /panotˈsa/ [pɐ.n̪ot̪ˈsa]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: pa‧not‧sa

Noun

panotsá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜈᜓᜆ᜔ᜐ)

  1. molasses cooked with peanuts in small cakes; peanut brittle
    Synonym: panotsa mani
  2. crude sugarcane molasses in cake form, molded in half a coconut shell
    Synonym: sangkaka

See also

Further reading

  • panotsa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018