tirintas

Tagalog

Alternative forms

trintas

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish trenzas, plural of trenza (“plait; braid”), with the Spanish 《z》 pronounced as /θ/ possibly becoming /t/ in Tagalog.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: ti‧rin‧tas
IPA^(key): /tiɾinˈtas/, [tɪɾɪnˈtas]

Noun

tirintás

plait; braid; pigtail
Synonym: (Batangas) salapid
woven band; braid (of cloth, tape, ribbon, etc.)

Derived terms

itirintas
magpatirintas
magtirintas
matirintas
patirintas
patirintasan
tirintasan
tirintasin

Further reading

“tirintas” in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018.

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