"salamangka" meaning in Tagalog

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Noun

IPA: /salaˈmaŋka/ [Standard-Tagalog], [sɐ.lɐˈmaŋ.kɐ] [Standard-Tagalog] Forms: ᜐᜎᜋᜅ᜔ᜃ [Baybayin], salamanca [alternative]
Rhymes: -aŋka Etymology: Borrowed from Philippine Spanish salamanca (“sleight of hand”), alluding to the University of Salamanca, which taught magic according to historical popular belief. Etymology templates: {{bor+|tl|es-PH|salamanca||sleight of hand}} Borrowed from Philippine Spanish salamanca (“sleight of hand”) Head templates: {{tl-noun|b=+}} salamangka (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜋᜅ᜔ᜃ)
  1. magic; sorcery; witchcraft Synonyms: mahiya, mahika
    Sense id: en-salamangka-tl-noun-FA-uQ6lD Categories (other): Witchcraft Disambiguation of Witchcraft: 88 12
  2. sleight of hand Synonyms: malikmata
    Sense id: en-salamangka-tl-noun-VemmxLVV Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Tagalog entries with incorrect language header, Tagalog terms with Baybayin script, Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation, Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries, Art, Fantasy, Fictional abilities, Occult Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 88 Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with incorrect language header: 8 92 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with Baybayin script: 8 92 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation: 28 72 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries: 6 94 Disambiguation of Art: 0 100 Disambiguation of Fantasy: 28 72 Disambiguation of Fictional abilities: 6 94 Disambiguation of Occult: 14 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: magsalamangka, salamangkahin Related terms: salamangkero, abrakadabra, hokuspokus
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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        "sleight of hand"
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      "ipa": "[sɐ.lɐˈmaŋ.kɐ]",
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      "rhymes": "-aŋka"
    }
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  "wikipedia": [
    "University of Salamanca"
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "salamangkero"
    },
    {
      "word": "abrakadabra"
    },
    {
      "word": "hokuspokus"
    }
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          "word": "mahiya"
        },
        {
          "word": "mahika"
        }
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          "word": "malikmata"
        }
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