kulanto

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• colanto — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

Early borrowing from Spanish culantro, from Late Latin coliandrum, from Latin coriandrum (“coriander”), from Ancient Greek κορίανδρον (koríandron).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kulanˈto/ [kʊ.lɐn̪ˈt̪o]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: ku‧lan‧to

Noun

kulantó (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ)

1. Obsolete form of kulantro.

Derived terms

• kulantuhan
• magkulanto

 

References

• 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 208: “Culantro) Colanto [(pc)] C. yerua de Caſtilla q̃ aca nola auia”