Amansinaya

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• Aman Sinaya
• Amang-Sinaya
• Amanisaya — metathesis

Etymology

From ama +‎ ng +‎ sinaya, literally, “father of the first catch”.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˌmansiˈnaja/ [ʔɐˌmaːn.sɪˌnaːˈja], /ʔaˌmansiˈnajaʔ/ [ʔɐˌmaːn.sɪˌnaːˈjaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aja, -ajaʔ
• Syllabification: A‧man‧si‧na‧ya

Proper noun

Amánsináya or Amánsinayà (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜈᜌ) (mythology)

1. ancient pagan god of fishermen

Usage notes

• According to Potet (2017), Amansinaya was mistakenly perceived to be female because of the final -a associated with Spanish feminine ending -a similar to how ginoo was mistaken to be male because of the word ending with -o.

Related terms

• ama
• mansinaya
• sinaya

 

See also

• Amanikable
• Magwayen

 

Further reading

• “Amansinaya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• 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 361: “Idolo ) Amanſinaya (pp) abogado de [los peſcadores] I Padre de ſinaya ,”
• 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
• Reyes y Florentino, Isabelo de los (1909) La religión antigua de los Filipinos‎^[3] (in Spanish), Imp. de El Renacimiento
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2017) Ancient Beliefs and Customs of the Tagalogs, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 523