paminta

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Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pimienta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈminta/ [paˈmin̪.ta]
• Hyphenation: pa‧min‧ta

Noun

pamínta (Basahan spelling ᜉᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜆ)

1. The plant Piper nigrum.
2. Black pepper; the dried, unripe berries (peppercorns) of the Piper nigrum plant which are commonly used as a spice and seasoning. They are either used whole, or in a ground or crushed form.

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish pimienta, from Old Spanish pimienta, from pimiento (“pepper plant”), from Latin pigmentum (“color, pigment”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈminta/ [pɐˈmin̪.t̪ɐ]
• Hyphenation: pa‧min‧ta

Noun

pamínta (Badlit spelling ᜉᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜆ)

1. the plant Piper nigrum
2. black pepper; the dried, unripe berries (peppercorns) of the Piper nigrum plant which are commonly used as a spice and seasoning

   Synonym: malisa

Usage notes

• The berries are either used whole, or in a ground or crushed form.

Karao

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pimienta (“pepper”).

Noun

paminta

1. black pepper

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pimienta (“pepper”) with an instance of front vowel lowering on the first vowel, from Latin pigmentum (“color, pigment”). The sense “closeted” is also a play on pa- +‎ English men, literally “trying to be like men, pretending to be men”, in reference to gay men acting like straight men to hide their attraction to the same sex.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /paminˈta/ [pɐ.mɪn̪ˈt̪a]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: pa‧min‧ta

Noun

pamintá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜆ)

1. peppercorn

   Synonym: malisa

2. (figurative, gay slang, derogatory) closeted

Derived terms

• pamintahan

 

Related terms

• paminton
• pimyento

 

See also

• lara

References

• “paminta”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• 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
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[2], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 483: “Pimienta) Paminta (pc) C. droga conoçida [no la] teniã [eſtos antes]”

Waray-Waray

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pimienta, from Old Spanish pimienta, from pimiento (“pepper plant”), from Latin pigmentum (“color, pigment”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pa‧min‧ta

Noun

paminta

1. the plant Piper nigrum
2. Black pepper; the dried, unripe berries (peppercorns) of the Piper nigrum plant which are commonly used as a spice and seasoning. They are either used whole, or in a ground or crushed form.