kuwasya

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Tagalog[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish cuasia, from New Latin Quassia, named after Graman Quassi, a former slave from Suriname in the eighteenth century.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

kuwasya (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜏᜐ᜔ᜌ) (botany)

  1. quassia; bitterwood (Quassia amara)
    Synonym: korales

Further reading[edit]

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