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Tagalog
Etymology
From Philippine Spanish chireta, possibly chira (“rag”) + -eta (“little”).
Pronunciation
Noun
tsireta (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜇᜒᜆ) (obsolete)
- coconut shell
- Synonym: bao
See also
Further reading
- Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila.
- Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 613