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Tagalog
Etymology
Ultimately from Sanskrit अष्टकोण (aṣṭakoṇa, “octagon”). Compare Malay astakona / setakona (“octagon”) and Old Javanese aṣṭaguṇa (“eight qualities of a king”).
Pronunciation
Noun
astakona (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜐ᜔ᜆᜃᜓᜈ) (obsolete)
- a ring made of gold or silver with a gemstone
See also
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 (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, 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