kamatsile

Kapampangan

Etymology

From Spanish cuamúchil, from Nahuatl cuauhmochitl.

Noun

kamatsile

1. Pithecellobium dulce, a species of legume originally from Central America

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cuamúchil, variant of guamúchil, from Nahuatl cuamóchitl.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kaˌmat͡ʃiˈle/ [kɐˌma.t͡ʃɪˈlɛ]
• Rhymes: -e
• Syllabification: ka‧mat‧si‧le

Noun

kamátsilé (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜋᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜎᜒ)

1. monkeypod; camachile (Pithecellobium dulce, a species of legume originally from Central America)

Further reading

• “kamatsile”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018