salamangka
Tagalog
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Philippine Spanish salamanca (“sleight of hand”), alluding to the University of Salamanca, which taught magic according to historical popular belief.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /salaˈmaŋka/ [sɐ.lɐˈmaŋ.kɐ]
- Rhymes: -aŋka
- Syllabification: sa‧la‧mang‧ka
Noun
[edit]salamangka (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜋᜅ᜔ᜃ)
- magic; sorcery; witchcraft
- sleight of hand
- Synonym: malikmata
Derived terms
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[edit]See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “salamangka”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Categories:
- Tagalog terms borrowed from Philippine Spanish
- Tagalog terms derived from Philippine Spanish
- Tagalog 4-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/aŋka
- Rhymes:Tagalog/aŋka/4 syllables
- Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- tl:Fantasy
- tl:Fictional abilities
- tl:Occult
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