muhala
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- mohala — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
Etymology
Borrowed from Early Modern Spanish almohada. Doublet of almowada.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /muˈhalaʔ/ [mʊˈhaː.lɐʔ]
- Rhymes: -alaʔ
- Syllabification: mu‧ha‧la
Noun
muhalà (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜑᜎ) (obsolete)
Derived terms
- magmuhala
- muhalain
See also
Further reading
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.[1] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag., page 46: “Almohada) Mohala (pp) C. de la cama”
- Donoso, Isaac (2013), Historia cultural de la lengua española en Filipinas: ayer y hoy[2], Editorial Verbum, →ISBN