asinta

Galician

Verb

asinta

1. inflection of asentir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish asentar (“to set up”). An alternate etymology posits it to be from Spanish acertar (“to hit”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔasinˈta/ [ʔɐ.sɪn̪ˈt̪a]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: a‧sin‧ta

Noun

asintá (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜆ)

1. act of setting or adjusting something (in place or its proper position)

   Synonyms: paglalagay, paglalapat, pagkakabit

2. state in which something has been set or adjusted (in its proper place)

   Synonyms: pagkakalagay, pagkakalapat

3. aiming (pointing of a weapon)

   Synonyms: apunta, punterya, pagpunterya

Derived terms

• asinta barbula
• asintahan
• asintahin
• iasinta
• mag-asinta
• pag-aasinta
• pag-asinta
• tagaasinta
• umasinta

 

Related terms

• asintada
• asintado
• asintador

 

Further reading

• “asinta”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Lopez, Cecilio (1965) “The Spanish overlay in Tagalog”, in Lingua‎^[1], volume 14, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 467–504