paminta

From Spanish pimienta.

paminta

1. The plant Piper nigrum.
2. Black pepper; the dried, unripe berries (peppercorns) of the Piper nigrum plant which are commonly used as a spice and seasoning. They are either used whole, or in a ground or crushed form.

From Spanish pimienta, from Old Spanish pimienta, from pimiento (“pepper plant”), from Latin pigmentum (“color, pigment”).

• Hyphenation: pa‧min‧ta

paminta

1. The plant Piper nigrum.
2. Black pepper; the dried, unripe berries (peppercorns) of the Piper nigrum plant which are commonly used as a spice and seasoning. They are either used whole, or in a ground or crushed form.

• malisa

Borrowed from Spanish pimienta (“pepper”).

paminta

1. black pepper

Corrupted from Spanish pimienta (“pepper”), from Latin pigmentum (“color, pigment”).

• Hyphenation: pa‧min‧ta
• IPA^(key): /paminˈta/, [pɐ.mɪnˈta]

pamintá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜆ)

1. peppercorn

   Synonym: malisa

2. (figurative, slang) closeted

• lara

• “paminta”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
• Fr. Juan José de Noceda; Fr. Pedro de Sanlucar (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish & Tagalog), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• Fr. Pedro de San Buena Ventura (1613), Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero, La Noble Villa de Pila, page 483: “Pimienta) Paminta (pc) C. droga conoçida [no la] teniã [eſtos antes]”

From Spanish pimienta, from Old Spanish pimienta, from pimiento (“pepper plant”), from Latin pigmentum (“color, pigment”).

• Hyphenation: pa‧min‧ta

paminta

1. The plant Piper nigrum.
2. Black pepper; the dried, unripe berries (peppercorns) of the Piper nigrum plant which are commonly used as a spice and seasoning. They are either used whole, or in a ground or crushed form.