kinsi-kinsi
See also: kinsikinsi
Tagalog edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Compare Ilocano kinsi-kinsi.
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kinˌsi kinˈsi/, [kɪnˌsi xɪnˈsi]
- Rhymes: -i
- Syllabification: kin‧si-kin‧si
Noun edit
kinsí-kinsí (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜃᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜒ)
- balustrade; railing; banister; lattice railing
- Synonyms: barandilya, sala-sala, sala, gabay
- baluster
- spoke (of a wheel)
- Synonym: rayos
Further reading edit
- “kinsi-kinsi” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
- “kinsikinsi”, 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[2], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 593: “Varandillas) Cqinſicqinſi (pc) de ſilla o popa de navio vde otra parte”