sandana

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay cendana (“sandalwood”), from Sanskrit चन्दन (candana, “sandalwood”).

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: san‧da‧na

IPA^(key): /sandaˈnaʔ/, [sɐn.dɐˈnaʔ]

Noun

sandanâ (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜈ᜔ᜇᜈ)

scented stick used for incense

See also

apalit

Further reading

“sandana” in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018.
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
Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 148

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