kiromansiya

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish quiromancia, from Medieval Latin chīromantīa, from Ancient Greek χειρομαντεία (kheiromanteía).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kiɾoˈmansia/ [kɪ.ɾoˈman̪.ʃɐ]
    • IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /kiɾoˈmansia/ [kɪ.ɾoˈman̪.sjɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ansia
  • Syllabification: ki‧ro‧man‧si‧ya

Noun

kirománsiyá (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜇᜓᜋᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌ)

  1. chiromancy; palmistry

Further reading

  • “kiromansiya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 490
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