sandana

Tagalog

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /sandaˈnaʔ/ [sɐn.dɐˈnaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: san‧da‧na

Noun

sandanâ (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜈ᜔ᜇᜈ)

1. scented stick used for incense

See also

• apalit

Further reading

• “sandana”, 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
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 148