tirintas

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish trenzas, plural of trenza (plait; braid), with the Spanish z pronounced as /θ/ possibly becoming /t/ in Tagalog.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /tiɾinˈtas/ [t̪ɪ.ɾɪn̪ˈt̪as]
  • Rhymes: -as
  • Syllabification: ti‧rin‧tas

Noun

tirintás (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜇᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜐ᜔)

  1. plait; braid; pigtail
    Synonym: (Batangas, eastern Marinduque) salapid
  2. woven band; braid (of cloth, tape, ribbon, etc.)

Derived terms

  • itirintas
  • magpatirintas
  • magtirintas
  • matirintas
  • patirintas
  • patirintasan
  • tirintasan
  • tirintasin

Further reading

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