albanaka

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish albahaca with the ⟨h⟩ read as ⟨n⟩, from Old Spanish albafaca, from Arabic الْحَبَق (al-ḥabaq, “basil”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔalbaˈnaka/ [ʔɐl.bɐˈn̪aː.xɐ]
  • Rhymes: -aka
  • Syllabification: al‧ba‧na‧ka

Noun

albanaka (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜊᜈᜃ)

  1. alternative form of albahaka
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