atsikorya

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish achicoria, from earlier chicoria, probably through a Mozarabic intermediate, from Vulgar Latin, Late Latin *cichōria, from the plural of Latin cichōrium, from Ancient Greek κιχόρεια (kikhóreia).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔat͡ʃiˈkoɾja/ [ʔɐ.t͡ʃɪˈxoɾ.jɐ]
• Rhymes: -oɾja
• Syllabification: at‧si‧kor‧ya

Noun

atsikorya (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜃᜓᜇ᜔ᜌ) (botany)

1. chicory

Further reading

• 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 10