astakona

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• astacona — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• astakuna

Etymology

Ultimately from Sanskrit अष्टकोण (aṣṭakoṇa, “octagon”). Compare Malay astakona / setakona (“octagon”) and Old Javanese aṣṭaguṇa (“eight qualities of a king”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔastaˈkona/ [ʔɐs.t̪ɐˈxoː.n̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ona
• Syllabification: as‧ta‧ko‧na

Noun

astakona (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜐ᜔ᜆᜃᜓᜈ) (obsolete)

1. a ring made of gold or silver with a gemstone

See also

• sanggawali

Further reading

• “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