singkona

Tagalog

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from English cinchona, from New Latin cinchona, from Spanish Chinchón. Named by Carl Linnaeus after Ana de Osorio, 4th Countess of Chinchón (1599–1625), the wife of the Spanish Viceroy of Peru, who was allegedly cured of a fever by the bark.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /siŋˈkona/ [sɪŋˈkoː.n̪ɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ona
  • Syllabification: sing‧ko‧na

Noun

singkona (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜅ᜔ᜃᜓᜈ)

  1. cinchona
    Synonym: kina

See also

Further reading

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