zaquizamí

Spanish

Etymology

From Arabic سَقْف فِي اَلْسَمَاء (saqf fī l-samāʔ, literally “roof in the sky”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /θakiθaˈmi/ [θa.ki.θaˈmi]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /sakisaˈmi/ [sa.ki.saˈmi]
Rhymes: -i
Syllabification: za‧qui‧za‧mí

Noun

zaquizamí m (plural zaquizamís or zaquizamíes)

attic; loft
hole; crappy room or building

Descendants

Bikol Central: kisame
Cebuano: kisami
Ilocano: kisame
Tagalog: kisame

Further reading

“zaquizamí”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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