lawulta

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Early Modern Spanish la güerta (the orchard), an obsolete variant of la huerta, with a stress shift due to having a closed penultimate syllable, from Latin hortus. Compare lakwatsa, lamesa, lamesita, lamyerda, and lauya. Doublet of lagwerta and werto.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /lawulˈta/ [lɐ.wʊlˈt̪a]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: la‧wul‧ta

Noun

lawultá (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜏᜓᜎ᜔ᜆ) (obsolete)

  1. garden for vegetables or trees; pot garden
    Synonyms: halamanan, hardin, (obsolete) panaanan
    Diligin ninyo ang lawulta.
    Water the garden.

Derived terms

  • lawultahin
  • maglawulta

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