sandana

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay cendana (“sandalwood”), from Sanskrit चन्दन (candana, “sandalwood”). Doublet of sandalo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sandaˈnaʔ/, [sɐn.dɐˈnaʔ]
Hyphenation: san‧da‧na

Noun

sandanâ (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜈ᜔ᜇᜈ)

scented stick used for incense

See also

apalit

Further reading

“sandana”, 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
Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 148

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