malanasi

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Kapampangan malanasi, according to the Vocabulario de la lengua tagala (1860). From mala- +‎ nasi, literally “boiled rice-like”.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: ma‧la‧na‧si
  • IPA(key): /malaˈnasiʔ/, [mɐ.lɐˈna.sɪʔ]

Noun

malanasì (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎᜈᜐᜒ)

  1. a species of banana that produces fruit with green seeds

Further reading
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