astakona
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Tagalog[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Ultimately from Sanskrit अष्टकोण (aṣṭakoṇa, “octagon”). Compare Malay astakona / setakona (“octagon”) and Old Javanese aṣṭaguṇa (“eight qualities of a king”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔastaˈkona/, [ʔɐs.tɐˈxo.nɐ]
- Rhymes: -ona
- Syllabification: as‧ta‧ko‧na
Noun[edit]
astakona (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜐ᜔ᜆᜃᜓᜈ) (obsolete)
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “astakona”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero[2], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 56: “Anillo) Aſtacona (pp) de oro o plata y tiene piedra”
- Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 52