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Galician
Verb
asinta
- inflection of asentir:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish asentar (“to set up”). An alternate etymology posits it to be from Spanish acertar (“to hit”).
Pronunciation
Noun
asintá (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜆ)
- act of setting or adjusting something (in place or its proper position)
- Synonyms: paglalagay, paglalapat, pagkakabit
- state in which something has been set or adjusted (in its proper place)
- Synonyms: pagkakalagay, pagkakalapat
- aiming (pointing of a weapon)
- Synonyms: apunta, punterya, pagpunterya
Derived terms
Further reading
- “asinta”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Lopez, Cecilio (1965) “The Spanish overlay in Tagalog”, in Lingua, volume 14, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 467–504