bentosa

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• bintosa — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
• bintusa — obsolete

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ventosa.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /benˈtosa/ [bɛn̪ˈt̪oː.sɐ]
• Rhymes: -osa
• Syllabification: ben‧to‧sa

Noun

bentosa (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜐ)

1. cupping glass

   Synonyms: bakam, tandok, panghakab

Derived terms

• ibentosa
• magbentosa
• pagbentosahan

Further reading

• “bentosa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[1], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 596: “Ventoſa) Bintoſa (pp) C. de [vidrio venida] de Mexico”