timsim
Tagalog
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Hokkien 燈芯/灯芯 (teng-sim, “wick”).[1]
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /timˈsim/ [tɪmˈsim]
- Rhymes: -im
- Syllabification: tim‧sim
Noun
edittimsím (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜋ᜔ᜐᜒᜋ᜔)
- wick of an oil lamp, especially made from the treated interior part of the greater club rush plant (Actinoscirpusgrossus)
- Synonym: mitsa
- (botany) hippo grass (Echinochloa stagnina), a type of grass that grows in shallow water, up to 1m tall and can be used to treat kidney disease}}
Derived terms
editSee also
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References
editFurther reading
edit- “timsim”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier