sitsirika

== Tagalog == === Alternative forms === tsitsirika === Etymology === Borrowed from Philippine Spanish chichirica (“rosy periwinkle”). See also Chamorro chichirika (“small fan-tail bird”) and Classical Nahuatl chichiltic (“red”). === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /sit͡ʃiˈɾika/ [sɪt.t͡ʃɪˈɾiː.xɐ] IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /sitsiˈɾika/ [sɪt̪.sɪˈɾiː.xɐ] Rhymes: -ika Syllabification: sit‧si‧ri‧ka === Noun === sitsirika (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜇᜒᜃ) rosy periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus) Synonyms: atay-biya, kantutan === Further reading === “sitsirika”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025 “sitsirika”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018 Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 181