zaquizamí

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَقْف فِي ٱلسَّمَاء (saqf fī s-samāʔ, literally “roof in the sky”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θakiθaˈmi/ [θa.ki.θaˈmi]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /sakisaˈmi/ [sa.ki.saˈmi]
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: za‧qui‧za‧mí

Noun

zaquizamí m (plural zaquizamís or zaquizamíes)

1. attic; loft
2. hole; crappy room or building

Descendants

• ⇒ Bikol Central: kisame
• ⇒ Cebuano: kisami, (nonstandard) kisame
• ⇒ Ilocano: kisame
• ⇒ Sambali: kisami
• ⇒ Tagalog: kisame

Further reading

• “zaquizamí”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014