tsampaka
Cebuano
Etymology
From Sanskrit चम्पक (campaka).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: tsam‧pa‧ka
Noun
tsampaka
- Magnolia champaca; a large evergreen tree in the family Magnoliaceae.
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- champaca
- sampaka
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish champaca, from Sanskrit चम्पक (campaka). Compare Malay cempaka. Doublet of sampaga.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: tsam‧pa‧ka
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃamˈpaka/, [t͡ʃɐmˈpa.xɐ]
Noun
tsampaka (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜋ᜔ᜉᜃ)
- champac; Magnolia champaca (plant and flower)
Related terms
- sampaga
- sampagita
Further reading
- “tsampaka”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
- Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 148