sisiwa

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Mexican Spanish chichigua (“wet nurse”) during the Early Modern Spanish period, from Classical Nahuatl chichihua (“wet nurse”), from chichi (“suckle”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /siˈsiwa/ [sɪˈsiː.wɐ]
  • Rhymes: -iwa
  • Syllabification: si‧si‧wa

Noun

sisiwa (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜐᜒᜏ)

  1. wet nurse
    Synonyms: mamay, yaya

Derived terms

  • magsisiwa
  • sisiwahin

See also

Further reading

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