astakona

Tagalog

Alternative forms

astacona — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
astakuna

Etymology

Ultimately from Sanskrit अष्टकोण (aṣṭakoṇa, “octagon”). Compare Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) / setakona (“octagon”) and Old Javanese aṣṭaguṇa (“eight qualities of a king”).

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: as‧ta‧ko‧na

IPA^(key): /ʔastaˈkona/, [ʔɐs.tɐˈxo.nɐ]

Noun

astakona (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜐ᜔ᜆᜃᜓᜈ)

(obsolete) a ring made of gold or silver with a gemstone

“astakona”, 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 (in Spanish & Tagalog), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎, La Noble Villa de Pila, page 56: “Anillo) Aſtacona (pp) de oro o plata y tiene piedra”
Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 52

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