kuwala
Tagalog
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Malay kuala (“confluence”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kuˈala/ [ˈkwaː.lɐ]
- Rhymes: -ala
- Syllabification: ku‧wa‧la
Noun
kuwala (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜏᜎ)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kuˈalaʔ/ [ˈkwaː.lɐʔ]
- Rhymes: -alaʔ
- Syllabification: ku‧wa‧la
Noun
kuwalà (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜏᜎ) (obsolete)
- alternative form of kuhala
Alternative forms
- couala — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
Derived terms
- kumuwala
- kuwalaan
- kuwalain
- magkuwala
- pagkuwalaan
Further reading
- “kuwala”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
- Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.[1] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.