kayumanis
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- cayomanis, cayomanes — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
- kayumanes — obsolete
Etymology
Compare Malay kayu manis (“cinnamon”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kajuˈmanis/, [kɐ.jʊˈma.nɪs]
- Hyphenation: ka‧yu‧ma‧nis
Noun
kayumanis (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜌᜓᜋᜈᜒᜐ᜔) (botany)
- Clausena anisum-olens
- Synonyms: kalumata, kamanggiyanis, maisipaisi
- (obsolete) cinnamon
Usage notes
- According to Fr. de los Santos (1835), the word was already considered old at his time of writing.
Derived terms
- kayumanisan
See also
- kalantas
- kalingag
- kayumanggi
- malakalingag
Further reading
- “kayumanis”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- 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
- Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte. (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero, La Noble Villa de Pila, page 140: “Canela) Cayomanis (pp) droga conoçida”
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