asusena
Cebuano edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: a‧su‧se‧na
Noun edit
asusena
- the tuberose (Polianthes tuberosa); a perennial plant related to the agaves
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish azucena, from Andalusian Arabic السوسنة (as-sūsána), from Arabic سُوسَن (sūsan, “lily”), from Middle Persian swsn' (sōsan), from Ancient Greek σοῦσον (soûson), ultimately from Egyptian
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(zšn, “lotus”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔasuˈsena/, [ʔɐ.sʊˈsɛ.nɐ]
- Rhymes: -ena
- Homophone: Azucena
- Syllabification: a‧su‧se‧na
Noun edit
asusena (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜐᜓᜐᜒᜈ) (botany)
Further reading edit
- “asusena”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018