atsuwete

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: at‧su‧we‧te

Noun

atsuwete

1. Alternative form of atsuete

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• atsuete
• atswete — superseded, pre-2007

Etymology

From Philippine Spanish achuete, variant of Mexican Spanish achiote, from Classical Nahuatl āchiyōtl.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔat͡ʃuˈete/ [ʔɐˈt͡ʃwɛː.t̪ɛ]
  • IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /ʔatsuˈete/ [ʔɐt̪ˈswɛː.t̪ɛ]
• Rhymes: -ete
• Syllabification: at‧su‧we‧te

Noun

atsuwete (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜆ᜔ᜐᜓᜏᜒᜆᜒ)

1. achiote; lipstick tree (Bixa orellana)
2. annatto (fruit of achiote)

Further reading

• “atsuwete”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “atsuwete”, 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 10