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almasiga

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Cebuano

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish almáciga.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: al‧ma‧si‧ga

Noun

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almasiga

  1. the almaciga or Philippine agathis (Agathis philippinensis)

Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish almáciga.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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almásigá or almasiga (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜋᜐᜒᜄ)

  1. almaciga; Agathis philippensis (tree and resin derived from it)
    Synonyms: dayungon, dadyangan, galagala
  2. mastic

Further reading

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  • almasiga”, 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 25

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