Mga Saksi ni Jehova

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• Mga Saksi ni Hehoba
• Mga Saksi ni Heoba

Etymology

Calque of English Jehovah's Witnesses.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /maˌŋa sakˌsi ni heˈhoba/ [mɐˌŋa sɐkˌsi n̪ɪ hɛˈhoː.bɐ]
    • Rhymes: -oba
  • IPA^(key): /maˌŋa sakˌsi ni jeˈhoba/ [mɐˌŋa sɐkˌsi n̪ɪ jɛˈhoː.bɐ]
    • Rhymes: -oba
  • IPA^(key): /maˌŋa sakˌsi ni d͡ʒeˈhova/ [mɐˌŋa sɐkˌsi n̪ɪ d͡ʒɛˈhoː.vɐ] (English influence)
    • IPA^(key): (more native-sounding) /maˌŋa sakˌsi ni d͡ʒeˈhoba/ [mɐˌŋa sɐkˌsi n̪ɪ d͡ʒɛˈhoː.bɐ] (English influence), (more native-sounding, no yod coalescence) /maˌŋa sakˌsi ni djeˈhoba/ [mɐˌŋa sɐkˌsi n̪ɪ d̪jɛˈhoː.bɐ] (English influence)
    • Rhymes: -ova (English influence), -oba
• Syllabification: Mga Sak‧si ni Je‧ho‧va

Proper noun

Mga Saksí ni Jehova (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜅ ᜐᜃ᜔ᜐᜒ ᜈᜒ ᜑᜒᜑᜓᜊ)

1. Jehovah's Witnesses

See also

• Hehoba

 

Further reading

• “Mga Saksi ni Jehova—Opisyal na Website”, in JW.ORG‎^[1] (in Tagalog), 2022 October 31 (last accessed)