atis

See also: Atis, atış, and -atis

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧tis
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔatis/ [ˈʔa.tis]

Noun

atis

1. sugar apple (Annona squamosa)

See also

• kaymito
• makopa
• mansana
• tambis

 

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧tis
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔatis/ [ˈʔa.t̪ɪs̪]

Noun

atis

1. sugar apple (Annona squamosa)
2. the fruit of this tree

Hiligaynon

Noun

atis

1. sugar apple (Annona squamosa)

Ilocano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: á‧tis
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔatis/

Noun

átis

1. sugar apple (Annona squamosa)

Limos Kalinga

Noun

atis

1. sugar apple (Annona squamosa)

Masbatenyo

Noun

atis

1. sugar apple (Annona squamosa)

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• ates

Etymology

Borrowed from Mexican Spanish ates, plural of ate (“quince jelly”) of Nahuatl origin, according to Cuadrado Muñiz (1972). In addition, Blust (2023) stated that the fruit was a native of tropical America, and introduced into Southeast Asia sometime during the 16^th century.

Compare Ilocano atis, Kapampangan anatis, Bikol Central atis, and Cebuano atis. See also Nepali आँट (ā̃ṭ).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔatis/ [ˈʔaː.t̪ɪs]
• Rhymes: -atis
• Syllabification: a‧tis

Noun

atis (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜆᜒᜐ᜔)

1. sugar apple (Annona squamosa)

Derived terms

• atisan
• malaatis

 

See also

• guyabano

 

Further reading

• “atis”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 59
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) loan “soursop”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
• Zorc, David Paul (1979–1983) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 1, page 27

Anagrams

• sita, -ista, tisa, atsi, Atsi, itsa

Tausug

Pronunciation

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /ʔatis/ [ʔɑˈt̪is]
• Rhymes: -is
• Syllabification: a‧tis

Noun

atis (Sulat Sūg spelling اَتِسْ)

1. sugar apple (Annona squamosa)