kalimbahin

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• calimbahin — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
• kalambahin
• kalumbahin
• kalinbagin

Etymology

Compare Ilocano galimba (“red coconut”), Cebuano limbahon (“pinkish; coconut with reddish shell; yellow with a tinge of red and brown”), Hiligaynon alimbahon / limbahon (“kind of coconut with reddish husks”), and Waray-Waray limbaon (“pink”). See also Maranao limba (“light brown; light orange”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kalimbaˈhin/ [k̠ɐ.lɪm.bɐˈhɪn̪]
• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: ka‧lim‧ba‧hin

Noun

kalimbahín (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜒᜋ᜔ᜊᜑᜒᜈ᜔)

1. (botany) coconut (with a pinkish ring at the base of the stalk but the rest of the husk is yellowish or tan-colored)

   Synonym: niyog

2. (botany, dialectal) common guava (Psidium guajava)

   Synonyms: bayabas, tayabas

3. (botany) lime berry (Micromelum compressum)

   Synonyms: piris, parinlas, binting-dalaga

4. pink; reddish color

   Synonym: rosas

   kalimbahin:  

Derived terms

• kalimbahin-lihim
• kalimbahinan
• kalimbahinin
• magkalimbahin

Adjective

kalimbahín (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜒᜋ᜔ᜊᜑᜒᜈ᜔)

1. pink; reddish

   Synonym: rosas

See also

Colors in Tagalog · kulay (layout · text)

puti	abo, gris	itim
pula; krimson	kahel; kayumanggi	dilaw; krema
kulay-dayap	lungti, lungtian, berde
turkesa	bughaw-langit, asul	bughaw, asul
lila, biyoleta; nila, tayom	mahenta; ube, morado, haban, purpura	rosas, kalimbahin

References

• “kalimbahin”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Serrano Laktaw, Pedro (1914), Diccionario tagálog-hispano (overall work in Tagalog and Spanish), Intramuros, Manila: Ateneo de Manila., page 435
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.‎^[1] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎^[2] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag., page 160: “Coco) Calimbahin ([pc]) tierno es colorado [y amarga] la cascara, no ſe come ſino lo de dentro.”
• Manuel, E. Arsenio (1971), A Lexicographic Study of Tayabas Tagalog of Quezon Province, Quezon City: Diliman Review, page 182
• Merrill, Elmer Drew (1903), A dictionary of the plant names of the Philippine Islands‎^[3]
• Philippines Bureau of Agriculture (1922), Bulletin‎^[4]