Amansinaya

Tagalog

Alternative forms

  • Aman Sinaya
  • Amang-Sinaya
  • Amanisaya metathesis

Etymology

From ama + ng + sinaya.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: A‧man‧si‧na‧ya
  • IPA(key): /ʔaˌmansiˈnaja/, [ʔɐˌman.sɪˈna.jɐ]
  • IPA(key): /ʔaˌmansiˈnajaʔ/, [ʔɐˌman.sɪˈna.jɐʔ]

Proper noun

Amánsináya or Amánsináyà (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜈᜌ)

  1. (mythology) ancient pagan god of fishermen

Usage notes

According to Potet (2017), Amansinaya was mistakenly perceived to be female because of the final -a associated with Spanish feminine ending -a similar to how ginoo was mistaken to be male because of the word ending with -o.

See also

  • Amanikable
  • Magwayen

Further reading

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