PAYNETA

payneta

Origin: from the Spanish peineta (meaning: decorative comb)

A paynéta is an ornamental comb that Filipinas in the old days wore in their hair, sometimes with a veil.

The Filipino word payneta is much remembered for being in the folk song Paruparong Bukid.

May paynéta pa siya — uy!
May sukláy pa man din — uy!

A simple comb is called sukláy in the Tagalog language.

KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG

paynéta: suklay na nakapabalantok at karaniwang pampalamuti sa buhok ng babae

Ang peynéta ay suklay na nakapabalantok at karaniwang pampalamuti sa buhok ng babae.

2 thoughts on “PAYNETA”

    1. Um, it is not misspelled, It is payneta, and as said above, it derived from Peineta, which is pronounced as pey-ne-ta.

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