tumbaga

tumbaga

See also: Tumbaga

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tumbaga, from Malay tembaga, from Sanskrit ताम्रक (tāmraka). Doublet of tombak.

Noun

tumbaga (uncountable)

1. A gold-copper alloy used by the pre-Columbian cultures of Central America to make religious objects.

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tumˈba.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -aɡa
• Hyphenation: tum‧bà‧ga

Noun

tumbaga f (uncountable)

1. tumbaga

Further reading

• tumbaga in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Spanish

Noun

tumbaga f (plural tumbagas)

1. tumbaga

Further reading

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

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay tembaga, from Sanskrit उडुम्बर (uḍumbara, “copper”) or Sanskrit ताम्रक (tāmraka, “copper”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tum‧ba‧ga
• IPA^(key): /tumˈbaɡa/, [tumˈba.ɣɐ]

Noun

tumbaga

1. gold-copper alloy

See also

• bronse

Adjective

tumbaga

1. made of gold-copper alloy

Further reading

• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 300

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Tausug

Noun

tumbaga

1. brass, bronze
2. copper

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Yakan

Noun

tumbaga

1. brass