sintunis

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• sintones, sintonis
• sintores, sintoris
• sintures, sinturis

Etymology

Early borrowing from Spanish citrones with metathesis.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /sinˈtunis/ [sɪnˈtuː.nɪs]
• Rhymes: -unis
• Syllabification: sin‧tu‧nis

Noun

sintunis (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜈᜒᜐ᜔) (chiefly Southern Tagalog)

1. calamansi; calamondin (Citrus × microcarpa, ×Citrofortunella mitis)

   Synonyms: kalamansi, (chiefly western Marinduque) kalamunding, (western Marinduque) dayap, (Quezon) kidya, aldonisis

Derived terms

• sintunisan

 

Related terms

• sitrato
• sitriko
• sitrina
• sitro
• sitron

 

See also

• dalandan
• dalanghita

 

Further reading

• “sintunis” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “sintonis”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 906
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[2] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 325