asinta

Borrowed from Spanish asentar (“to set up”). An alternate etymology posits it to be from Spanish acertar (“to hit”).

• Hyphenation: a‧sin‧ta
• IPA^(key): /ʔasinˈta/, [ʔɐ.sɪnˈta]

asintá

1. act of setting or adjusting something (in place or its proper position)

   Synonyms: paglalagay, paglalapat, pagkakabit

2. state in which something has been set or adjusted (in its proper place)

   Synonyms: pagkakalagay, pagkakalapat

3. aiming (pointing of a weapon)

   Synonyms: apunta, punterya, pagpunterya

• “asinta”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
• Lopez, Cecilio (1965), “The Spanish overlay in Tagalog”, in Lingua‎, volume 14, →DOI, →ISSN, page 467–504