kayumanis

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• cayomanis, cayomanes — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• kayumanes — obsolete

Etymology

Compare Malay kayu manis (“cinnamon”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kajuˈmanis/ [kɐ.jʊˈmaː.nɪs]
• Rhymes: -anis
• Syllabification: ka‧yu‧ma‧nis

Noun

kayumanis (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜌᜓᜋᜈᜒᜐ᜔) (botany)

1. Clausena anisum-olens

   Synonyms: kalumata, kamanggiyanis, maisipaisi

2. (obsolete) cinnamon

   Synonyms: kanela, sinamomo

Usage notes

• According to Fr. de los Santos (1835), the word was already considered old at his time of writing.

Derived terms

• kayumanisan

 

See also

• kalantas
• kalingag
• kayumanggi
• malakalingag

 

Further reading

• “kayumanis”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.‎^[2] (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[3], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 140: “Canela) Cayomanis (pp) droga conoçida”