sinapupunan
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- sinapoponan – obsolete
Etymology
From sapupo + -in- + -nan.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: si‧na‧pu‧pu‧nan
- IPA(key): /sinapuˈpunan/, [sɪ.nɐ.pʊˈpu.nɐn]
- IPA(key): /siˌnapupuˈnan/, [sɪˌna.pʊ.pʊˈnan]
Noun
sinapupunan or sinápupunán (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜈᜉᜓᜉᜓᜈᜈ᜔)
- (anatomy, literary) womb; bosom
- Synonyms: bahay-bata, matris
- (figuratively) protection; aegis
- Synonyms: pangangalaga, tangkilik, kanlungan
- (obsolete) lap
- (obsolete) skirt
References
- Fr. Juan José de Noceda; Fr. Pedro de Sanlucar (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves (in Spanish & Tagalog), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier