Amansinaya
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- Aman Sinaya
- Amang-Sinaya
- Amanisaya – metathesis
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)
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
- “Amansinaya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
- 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 361: “Idolo ) Amanſinaya (pp) abogado de [los peſcadores] I Padre de ſinaya ,”
- 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
- Reyes y Florentino, Isabelo de los (1909) La religión antigua de los Filipinos, Imp. de El Renacimiento
- Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2017) Ancient Beliefs and Customs of the Tagalogs, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 523
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