kulantro

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish culantro.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ku‧lan‧tro

Noun

kulantro

1. cilantro (US); coriander (UK)

Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Spanish culantro.

Noun

kulántro

1. coriander

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• colanto — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• kilantro
• kulanto — obsolete

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish culantro, from Late Latin coliandrum, from Latin coriandrum (“coriander”), from Ancient Greek κορίανδρον (koríandron). Doublet of koriyandro.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kuˈlantɾo/ [kʊˈlan.tɾo], /kulanˈtɾo/ [kʊ.lɐnˈtɾo]
• Rhymes: -antɾo, -o
• Syllabification: ku‧lan‧tro

Noun

kulantro or kulantró (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜈ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜓ)

1. cilantro (US); coriander (UK; also used for the plant itself across English dialects) (Coriandrum sativum)

   Synonyms: wansoy, koriyandro

Further reading

• “kulantro”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[1], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 208: “Culantro) Colanto [(pc)] C. yerua de Caſtilla q̃ aca nola auia”