tirintas

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• trintas

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish trenzas, plural of trenza (“plait; braid”), with the Spanish ⟨z⟩ pronounced as /θ/ possibly becoming /t/ in Tagalog.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /tiɾinˈtas/ [t̪ɪ.ɾɪn̪ˈt̪as]
• Rhymes: -as
• Syllabification: ti‧rin‧tas

Noun

tirintás (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜇᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜐ᜔)

1. plait; braid; pigtail

   Synonym: (Batangas, eastern Marinduque) salapid

2. woven band; braid (of cloth, tape, ribbon, etc.)

Derived terms

• itirintas
• magpatirintas
• magtirintas
• matirintas
• patirintas
• patirintasan
• tirintasan
• tirintasin

 

Further reading

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