sinaya
Tagalog
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Kapampangan, according to the Vocabulario de la lengua Tagala (1860).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: si‧na‧ya
- IPA(key): /siˈnajaʔ/, [sɪˈna.jɐʔ]
Noun
sinayà (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜈᜌ)
- first taste, act, or experience of something
- Synonym: unang tikim
- start; beginning (of something)
- Synonyms: simula, umpusa
- (obsolete) banquet; treat for the invited
- Synonyms: piging, handaan
- (obsolete) first catch from a new fishnet, fish trap, or hunting dog
- Synonym: pahimis
Derived terms
- magpasinaya
- magsinaya
- pagsinayaan
- pampasinaya
- pasinaya
- pasinayaan
Related terms
- Amansinaya
- mansinaya
Etymology 2
From saya + -in-.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: si‧na‧ya
- IPA(key): /siˈnaja/, [sɪˈna.jɐ]
Verb
sinaya (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜈᜌ)
- complete aspect of sayahin
Adjective
sinaya (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜈᜌ)
- worn or used by a woman (of a skirt)
Further reading
- “sinaya” in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018.
- 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