sinaya

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Kapampangan, according to the Vocabulario de la lengua tagala (1860).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /siˈnajaʔ/ [sɪˈnaː.jɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -ajaʔ
• Syllabification: si‧na‧ya

Noun

sinayà (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜈᜌ)

1. first taste, act, or experience of something

   Synonym: unang tikim

2. start; beginning (of something)

   Synonyms: simula, umpusa

3. (obsolete) banquet; treat for the invited

   Synonyms: piging, handaan

4. (obsolete) first catch from a new fishnet, fish trap, or hunting dog

   Synonym: pahimis

Derived terms

• magpasinaya
• magsinaya
• pagsinayaan
• pampasinaya
• pasinaya
• pasinayaan

 

Related terms

• Amansinaya
• mansinaya

 

Etymology 2

From saya +‎ -in-.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /siˈnaja/ [sɪˈnaː.jɐ]
• Rhymes: -aja
• Syllabification: si‧na‧ya

Verb

sinaya (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜈᜌ)

1. complete aspect of sayahin

Adjective

sinaya (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜈᜌ)

1. worn or used by a woman (of a skirt)

Further reading

• “sinaya”, 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