senakulo

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cenáculo, from Latin cēnāculum (“dining room”), from cēna (“dinner”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: se‧na‧ku‧lo

Noun

senakulo

1. passion play (play depicting the Passion of Christ)

Usage notes

Closely associated with, often merged with and commonly referred to as Siete Palabras.

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cenáculo, from Latin cēnāculum (“dining room”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /seˈnakulo/ [sɛˌn̪aː.xʊˈlo]
• Rhymes: -akulo
• Syllabification: se‧na‧ku‧lo

Noun

senákuló (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜈᜃᜓᜎᜓ)

1. (Christianity) passion play (play depicting the Passion of Christ)
2. cenacle (dining room, especially one on an upper floor)

Related terms

• Santa Sena
• sena

Further reading

• “senakulo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.