balasenas

Kapampangan

Etymology

Borrowed from (c. 16th-18th century) Early Modern Spanish berenjenas (“eggplant”), plural form of berenjena. In Early Modern Spanish, Spanish ⟨j⟩ was pronounced /ʃ/; /ʃ/ became /s/ as common with other early borrowings.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bələˈsenəs/, [bə.ləˈsɛː.nəs]
  • Hyphenation: ba‧la‧se‧nas

Noun

balasénas

  1. eggplant; aubergine
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