alkaldiya

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• alkaldia — dated
• alkaldya — superseded, pre-2007

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alcaldía.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔalkalˈdia/ [ʔɐl.kɐlˈd̪iː.ɐ], /ʔalkaldiˈa/ [ʔɐl.kɐlˈd͡ʒa]
  • IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /ʔalkaldiˈa/ [ʔɐl.kɐlˈd̪ja]
• Rhymes: -ia, -a
• Syllabification: al‧kal‧di‧ya

Noun

alkaldiya or alkaldiyá (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜃᜎ᜔ᜇᜒᜌ)

1. mayoralty (the office or term of a mayor); mayorship

   Synonyms: kaalkaldihan, pagkaalkalde

2. mayor's office
3. (historical) civil government of a province; provincial government

Derived terms

• kaalkaldihan
• pagkaalkalde

 

Related terms

• alkalde
• alkalde en ordinaryo
• alkalde mayor
• alkaldesa
• bise alkalde

 

Further reading

• “alkaldiya”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “alkaldiya”, 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 21