alkoba
Tagalog
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish alcoba, from Arabic القُبَّة (al-qubba, “dome, cupola”), from Aramaic קוּבְּתָא / ܩܘܼܒ݁ܬ݂ܵܐ (qubbəṯā). The modern meaning is a semantic loan from English alcove.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔalˈkoba/ [ʔɐlˈkoː.bɐ]
- Rhymes: -oba
- Syllabification: al‧ko‧ba
Noun
[edit]alkoba (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜃᜓᜊ)
- (architecture) alcove
- Synonym: lungib
- (dated) bedroom
- Synonyms: silid-tulugan, tulugan
Further reading
[edit]- “alkoba”, 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 22
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- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/oba
- Rhymes:Tagalog/oba/3 syllables
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- tl:Architecture
- Tagalog dated terms
- tl:Rooms
- tl:Sleep