tumbaga

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English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tumbaga, from Malay tembaga, from Sanskrit ताम्रक (tāmraka). Doublet of tombak.

Noun

tumbaga (uncountable)

  1. A gold-copper alloy used by the pre-Columbian cultures of Central America to make religious objects.

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tumˈba.ɡa/
  • Rhymes: -aɡa
  • Hyphenation: tum‧bà‧ga

Noun

tumbaga f (uncountable)

  1. tumbaga

Further reading

  • tumbaga in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Maguindanao

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay tembaga

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Maguindanaon) IPA(key): /tumˈbaɡa/
  • Rhymes: -aɡa
  • Syllabification: tum‧ba‧ga

Noun

tumbaga

  1. copper

Spanish

Noun

tumbaga f (plural tumbagas)

  1. tumbaga

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tumbaga, from Malay tembaga, from Sanskrit ताम्रक (tāmraka, “copper”) or Sanskrit उडुम्बर (uḍumbara, “copper”).

Pronunciation

Noun

tumbaga (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜋ᜔ᜊᜄ)

  1. gold-copper alloy

Derived terms

See also

Adjective

tumbaga (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜋ᜔ᜊᜄ)

  1. made of gold-copper alloy

Further reading

  • “tumbaga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • 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 572
  • Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 300

Tausug

Pronunciation

  • (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA(key): /tumbaɡa/
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: tum‧ba‧ga

Noun

tumbaga (Sulat Sūg spelling تُمْبَݢَ)

  1. brass, bronze
  2. copper

Yakan

Noun

tumbaga

  1. brass
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