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Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish trenzas, plural of trenza (“plait; braid”), with the Spanish ⟨z⟩ pronounced as /θ/ possibly becoming /t/ in Tagalog.
Pronunciation
Noun
tirintás (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜇᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜐ᜔)
- plait; braid; pigtail
- Synonym: (Batangas, eastern Marinduque) salapid
- woven band; braid (of cloth, tape, ribbon, etc.)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “tirintas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018