sinigwelas
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Cebuano
Etymology
From Spanish ciruela, from Latin cereŏla, an abbreviation of cereola pruna (“wax”) (“wax-coloured plums”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: si‧ni‧gwe‧las
Noun
sinigwelas
- (nonstandard) the jocote (Spondias purpurea); a tree in the cashew family Anacardiaceae
- (nonstandard) the fruit of this tree
Quotations
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Tagalog
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish ciruelas, plural of ciruela, which together with the variant cirgüela is used in some places in Latin America to refer to mombins. Doublet of sirwelas.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /siniɡˈwelas/
- Rhymes: -elas
- Syllabification: si‧nig‧we‧las
Noun
sinigwelas (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜈᜒᜄ᜔ᜏᜒᜎᜐ᜔)
- red mombin (Spondias purpurea)
- mombin (fruit of the Spondias purpurea tree)
- 1916, Patnubay ng̃ bayan, Volume 2, Issue 13:
- Para sa kagaling̃an ng̃ bayan, ay dapat magtanim ng̃ mg̃a punòng kahoy, gaya ng̃ mangga, niyog, sinigwelas, tsiko, at akasiya, sa mg̃a gilid ng̃ daán, upang may mapang̃anlung̃an sa init ng̃ araw ang mg̃a naglalakád, lalònglalò na ang mg̃a batàng papasok sa paaralan.
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