sikmura
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- casmora, sacmora, sicmora, sicmura — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
- kasmura, sakmura — obsolete
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /sikˈmuɾaʔ/ [sɪkˈmuː.ɾɐʔ], (nonstandard) /sikˈmuɾa/ [sɪkˈmuː.ɾɐ]
- Rhymes: -uɾaʔ, (nonstandard) -uɾa
- Syllabification: sik‧mu‧ra
Noun
sikmurà or sikmura (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜃ᜔ᜋᜓᜇ)
- (anatomy) stomach (digestive organ)
- (figurative) sense of delicacy; shame
- Synonyms: kahihiyan, pagkahiya
- (figurative) act of bearing or stomaching something
Derived terms
- masikmura
- matigas ang sikmura
- sikmurain
See also
Further reading
- “sikmura”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
- “sikmura”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero[1], La Noble Villa de Pila
- page 113: “Boca) Sacmora (pp) del eſtomago o el miſmo eſtomago”
- page 313: “Eſtomago) Sacmora (pp) del hombre aunque eſtos a todo llaman tiyan, de las coſtillas a bajo”
- page 313: “Eſtomago) Sicmura (pp) del cuerpo, a ningun Indio eoydo eſte ni el paſado, ſi no tiyan q̃jandoſe”