balasenas
Kapampangan
Etymology
Borrowed from (c. 16th-18th century) Early Modern Spanish berenjenas (“eggplant”), plural form of berenjena. In Early Modern Spanish, Spanish ⟨j⟩ was pronounced /ʃ/; /ʃ/ became /s/ as common with other early borrowings.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ba‧la‧se‧nas
- IPA(key): /bələˈsenəs/, [bə.ləˈsɛː.nəs]
Noun
balasénas
- eggplant; aubergine