tirintas
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Tagalog[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Spanish trenzas, plural of trenza (“plait; braid”), with the Spanish ⟨z⟩ pronounced as /θ/ possibly becoming /t/ in Tagalog.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /tiɾinˈtas/ [tɪ.ɾɪnˈtas]
- Rhymes: -as
- Syllabification: ti‧rin‧tas
Noun[edit]
tirintás (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜇᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜐ᜔)
- plait; braid; pigtail
- Synonym: (Batangas, eastern Marinduque) salapid
- woven band; braid (of cloth, tape, ribbon, etc.)
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Further reading[edit]
- “tirintas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018