senisa

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ceniza, from Vulgar Latin *cinisia, from Latin cinis, from Proto-Indo-European *ken- (“dust, ashes”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /seˈnisa/ [sɛˈn̪iː.sɐ]
  • Rhymes: -isa
  • Syllabification: se‧ni‧sa

Noun

senisa (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜈᜒᜐ)

  1. ash (used especially in certain expressions)
    Synonym: abo

Further reading

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