alambike

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alambique (“still; alembic”), from Arabic الإِنْبِيق (al-ʔinbīq, “still”), from Ancient Greek ἄμβιξ (ámbix, “cup, cap of a still”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔalamˈbike/ [ʔɐ.lɐmˈbiː.xɛ]
• Rhymes: -ike
• Syllabification: a‧lam‧bi‧ke

Noun

alambike (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜋ᜔ᜊᜒᜃᜒ)

1. still (a device for distilling liquids)

   Synonyms: alakan, destilador

Further reading

• “alambike”, 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 20