zaquizamí

Spanish

Etymology

From Arabic سَقْف فِي اَلْسَمَاء (saqf fī l-samāʔ, literally “roof in the sky”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θakiθaˈmi/ [θa.ki.θaˈmi]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /sakisaˈmi/ [sa.ki.saˈmi]
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: za‧qui‧za‧mí

Noun

zaquizamí m (plural zaquizamís or zaquizamíes)

1. attic; loft
2. hole; crappy room or building

Descendants

• Bikol Central: kisame
• Cebuano: kisami
• Ilocano: kisame
• Tagalog: kisame

Further reading

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