lana sa noo
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Tagalog[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From lana (“sesame oil”) + sa (“in; on; at”) + noo (“forehead”), literally “oil on the forehead”.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Standard Tagalog)
- Syllabification: la‧na sa no‧o
Noun[edit]
lana sa noo or lana sa noó (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜈ ᜐ ᜈᜓᜂ) (obsolete)
References[edit]
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero[1], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 200: “Criſma) Lanaſanoo (pp) tres dic: lana, ſa, noo .|. açeyte en la frente”