alkantarilya

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• kantarilya

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alcantarilla, from alcántara +‎ -illa (diminutive suffix), from Arabic القَنْطَرَة (al-qanṭara).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔalkantaˈɾilja/ [ʔɐl.kɐn̪.t̪ɐˈɾil.jɐ]
• Rhymes: -ilja
• Syllabification: al‧kan‧ta‧ril‧ya

Noun

alkantarilya (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜃᜈ᜔ᜆᜇᜒᜎ᜔ᜌ)

1. culvert
2. sewer

   Synonym: embornal

Related terms

• Alcantara
• alkantarilyado

 

Further reading

• “alkantarilya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018