lasuna

Cebuano

Etymology

First attested in Antonio Pigafetta's Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo—detailing the first circumnavigation of the world between 1519 and 1522.

From Sanskrit लशुन (laśuna, “garlic, onion”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: la‧su‧na

Noun

lasuna

1. (obsolete) garlic

   Synonym: ahos

Dupaningan Agta

Etymology

Ultimately from Sanskrit लशुन (laśuna)

Noun

lasuna

1. onion

Finnish

Noun

lasuna

1. essive singular of lasu

Anagrams

• auslan, lanaus, sulana

Kapampangan

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit लशुन (laśuna, “garlic, onion”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ləˈsunə/ [ləˈsuː.nə]
• Hyphenation: la‧su‧na

Noun

lasúna

1. onion

   Synonyms: sibuyas, sang

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• lasona — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

Ultimately from Sanskrit लशुन (laśuna, “garlic, onion”), since displaced by the Spanish borrowing sibuyas. Compare Ilocano lasona, Kapampangan lasuna, Cebuano lasuna, and Malay dasun.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /lasuˈnaʔ/ [lɐ.sʊˈn̪aʔ]
    • Rhymes: -aʔ
  • IPA^(key): /lasuˈna/ [lɐ.sʊˈn̪a] (obsolete)
• Syllabification: la‧su‧na

Noun

lasunâ (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜐᜓᜈ) (botany, obsolete)

1. onion; shallot

   Synonyms: sibuyas, sibuyas-tagalog, tanduyong, (Cavite) tsang

Derived terms

• lasunaan
• maglasuna

 

Further reading

• “lasuna”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 555.
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.‎^[2] (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[3], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 609: “Zebolla) Laſona (pc) yerua conoçida”