pulupeta

• polopeta — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Early borrowing from Spanish profeta, from Old Spanish propheta, from Latin prophēta, from Ancient Greek προφήτης (prophḗtēs, “spokesman, prophet”). Doublet of propeta.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /pulupeˈta/ [pʊ.lʊ.pɛˈt̪a]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: pu‧lu‧pe‧ta

pulupetá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜎᜓᜉᜒᜆ) (religion, obsolete)

1. prophet

   Synonyms: propeta, (obsolete) siyak

   wika ni Isaias pulupeta ― word by Isaiah the prophet

• 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 498: “Profeta) Polopeta [(pc)] C. de Dios verdadero”