tumbaga

See also: Tumbaga

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tumbaga, from Malay tembaga, from Sanskrit ताम्रक (tāmraka). Doublet of tombak.

Noun

tumbaga (uncountable)

1. A gold-copper alloy used by the pre-Columbian cultures of Central America to make religious objects.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tumˈba.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -aɡa
• Hyphenation: tum‧bà‧ga

Noun

tumbaga f (uncountable)

1. tumbaga

Further reading

• tumbaga in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Spanish

Noun

tumbaga f (plural tumbagas)

1. tumbaga

Further reading

• “tumbaga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay tembaga, from Sanskrit उडुम्बर (uḍumbara, “copper”) or Sanskrit ताम्रक (tāmraka, “copper”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /tumˈbaɡa/ [tʊmˈba.ɣɐ]
• Rhymes: -aɡa
• Syllabification: tum‧ba‧ga

Noun

tumbaga (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜋ᜔ᜊᜄ)

1. gold-copper alloy

Derived terms

• tinumbaga

 

See also

• bronse

Adjective

tumbaga (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜋ᜔ᜊᜄ)

1. made of gold-copper alloy

Further reading

• “tumbaga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 300

Tausug

Noun

tumbaga

1. brass, bronze
2. copper

Yakan

Noun

tumbaga

1. brass