tsinita
Cebuano
Etymology
From Spanish chinita and/or Tsino + -ita.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: tsi‧ni‧ta
Adjective
tsinita
- feminine of tsinito
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- chinita — colloquial
- Tsinita
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish chinita, or analytically from Tsina + -ita.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˈnita/ [t͡ʃɪˈn̪iː.t̪ɐ]
- IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /tsiˈnita/ [t͡sɪˈn̪iː.t̪ɐ]
- Rhymes: -ita
- Syllabification: tsi‧ni‧ta
Noun
tsinita (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜈᜒᜆ)
- female equivalent of tsinito: young Chinese girl
- female equivalent of tsinito: young girl with Chinese features (especially with slanted or narrow eyes)
Adjective
tsinita (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜈᜒᜆ)
- feminine of tsinito