senisa

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• sinisa

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ken-der.

Proto-Italic *kenisder.

Latin cinisder.

Vulgar Latin *cinisia

Old Spanish ceniza

Spanish cenizabor.

Tagalog senisa

Borrowed from Spanish ceniza, from Old Spanish ceniza, from Vulgar Latin *cinisia, from Latin cinis, from Proto-Italic *kenis, from Proto-Indo-European *ken-.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /seˈnisa/ [sɛˈn̪iː.sɐ]
• Rhymes: -isa
• Syllabification: se‧ni‧sa

Noun

senisa (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜈᜒᜐ)

1. ash

   Synonym: abo

Usage notes

• Used especially in certain expressions.

Related terms

• insinera
• insinerador
• insinerasyon
• Miyerkoles de Senisa
• senisado
• senisera

Further reading

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