agatsona

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish agachona (“snipe”), from agachar.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: a‧gat‧so‧na

IPA^(key): /ʔaɡaˈt͡ʃona/, [ʔɐ.ɣɐˈt͡ʃo.nɐ]

Noun

agatsona (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜄᜆ᜔ᜐᜓᜈ)

slaty-breasted rail (Gallirallus striatus)
Synonym: tikling
a kind of Spanish dish

Further reading

“agatsona”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018

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