palamata

Uncertain. Compare Malay permata (“gem; jewel”) and Old Javanese pramata (“gem; jewel”). According to Panganiban (1973), from pala- +‎ mata (“eye”). On the other hand, Potet (2016) speculated that the word ultimately came from Sanskrit परमार्थ (paramārtha, “best kind of wealth; any excellent or important object”).

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /palamaˈta/ [pɐ.lɐ.mɐˈt̪a]
    • Rhymes: -a
  • IPA^(key): /palaˈmata/ [pɐ.lɐˈmaː.t̪ɐ] (obsolete)
• Syllabification: pa‧la‧ma‧ta

palamatá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜋᜆ) (obsolete)

1. fake jewelry
2. glass bead bracelet worn by women on the wrist

• “palamata”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[2], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 38: “Ajorca) Palamata (pp) eſta es de vidrio blanca y grueſa, vſanla las mugeres en las muñecas”