kuwasya

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cuasia, from New Latin Quassia, named after Graman Quassi, a former slave from Suriname in the eighteenth century.

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kuˈasja/ [ˈkwa.ʃɐ]
  • Rhymes: -asja
  • Syllabification: ku‧was‧ya

Noun

kuwasya (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜏᜐ᜔ᜌ) (botany)

  1. quassia; bitterwood (Quassia amara)
    Synonym: korales

Further reading
  • “kuwasya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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