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Tagalog
Etymology
Early borrowing from Spanish citrones with metathesis.
Pronunciation
Noun
sintunis (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜈᜒᜐ᜔) (chiefly Southern Tagalog)
- calamansi; calamondin (Citrus × microcarpa, ×Citrofortunella mitis)
- Synonyms: kalamansi, (chiefly western Marinduque) kalamunding, (western Marinduque) dayap, (Quezon) kidya, aldonisis
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Further reading
- “sintunis” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
- “sintonis”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 906
- 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 325