agwa-kolonya

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish agua de Colonia, calque of French eau de Cologne, coined by Italian parfumier Johann Maria Farina in 1742, who lived in Cologne.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˌʔaɡwa koˈlonja/ [ˌʔaɡ.wɐ xoˈloː.ɲɐ]
  • IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /ˌʔaɡwa koˈlonja/ [ˌʔaɡ.wɐ xoˈlon̪.jɐ]
• Rhymes: -onja
• Syllabification: ag‧wa-ko‧lon‧ya

Noun

agwa-kolonya (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜄ᜔ᜏᜃᜓᜎᜓᜈ᜔ᜌ)

1. cologne; eau de Cologne

   Synonym: kolonya

Related terms

• agwa
• agwa-kanangga
• agwa-plorida
• kolonya

See also

• pabango
• perpume

Further reading

• “agwa-kolonya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 17