kuwasya

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cuasia, from New Latin Quassia, named after Graman Quassi, a former slave from Suriname in the eighteenth century.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kuˈasja/ [ˈkwaː.ʃɐ]
  • IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /kuˈasja/ [ˈkwas.jɐ]
• Rhymes: -asja
• Syllabification: ku‧was‧ya

Noun

kuwasya (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜏᜐ᜔ᜌ) (botany)

1. quassia; bitterwood (Quassia amara)

   Synonym: korales

Further reading

• “kuwasya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018