lana sa noo

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• lanasanoo

Etymology

From lana (“sesame oil”) +‎ sa (“in; on; at”) +‎ noo (“forehead”), literally “oil on the forehead”.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˌlana sa ˈnoʔo/ [ˌla.nɐ sɐ ˈno.ʔo]
    • Rhymes: -oʔo
  • IPA^(key): /ˌlana sa noˈʔo/ [ˌla.nɐ sɐ noˈʔo] (modern pronunciation)
    • Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: la‧na sa no‧o

Noun

lana sa noo or lana sa noó (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜈ ᜐ ᜈᜓᜂ) (obsolete)

1. chrism

   Synonym: krisma

References

• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[1], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 200: “Criſma) Lanaſanoo (pp) tres dic: lana, ſa, noo .|. açeyte en la frente”