kisame

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Alternative forms

• kisami

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish zaquizamí.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkisame/, [ˈki.sa.me]
• Hyphenation: ki‧sa‧me

Noun

kísame (Basahan spelling ᜃᜒᜐᜋᜒ)

1. ceiling
2. attic

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkisame/, [ˈki.s̪ɐ.me]
• Hyphenation: ki‧sa‧me

Noun

kísamé (Badlit spelling ᜃᜒᜐᜋᜒ)

1. Nonstandard spelling of kisami.

Ilocano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish zaquizamí.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkisame/, [ˈki.sɐ.me]
• Hyphenation: ki‧sa‧me

Noun

kísame

1. ceiling

   Synonym: bobeda

Tagalog

Etymology

Clipping of Spanish zaquizamí, from Arabic سَقْف فِي ٱلْسَمَاء (saqf fī l-samāʔ, literally “roof in the sky”). The first syllable may have been misinterpreted as the preposition sa (“in; on; at”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkisame/ [ˈki.sɐ.mɛ]
• Rhymes: -isame
• Syllabification: ki‧sa‧me

Noun

kísamé (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜐᜋᜒ) (architecture)

1. ceiling

Derived terms

• kisamihan

 

Further reading

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

Yogad

Etymology

From Spanish zaquizamí.

Noun

kísame

1. ceiling