Amansinaya
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Alternative forms
- Aman Sinaya
- Amang-Sinaya
- Amanisaya — metathesis
Etymology
From ama + ng + sinaya, literally, “father of the first catch”.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaˌmansiˈnaja/ [ʔɐˌman̪.sɪˈn̪aː.jɐ], /ʔaˌmansiˈnajaʔ/ [ʔɐˌman̪.sɪˈn̪aː.jɐʔ]
- Rhymes: -aja, -ajaʔ
- Syllabification: A‧man‧si‧na‧ya
Proper noun
Amánsináya or Amánsinayà (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜈᜌ) (mythology)
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.
Related terms
See also
- Amanikable
- Magwayen
Further reading
- “Amansinaya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (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 ,”
- Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
- Reyes y Florentino, Isabelo de los (1909) La religión antigua de los Filipinos (in Spanish), 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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