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Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Malay cendana (“sandalwood”), from Sanskrit चन्दन (candana, “sandalwood”). Doublet of sandalo.
Pronunciation
Noun
sandanâ (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜈ᜔ᜇᜈ)
- scented stick used for incense
See also
Further reading
- “sandana”, 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
- Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 148
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