etsapuwera

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• echapwera
• itsapuwera
• etsapwera

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish echar fuera (“cast out; kick out”, literally “throw outside”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔet͡ʃapuˈeɾa/ [ʔɛ.t͡ʃɐˈpwɛː.ɾɐ]
  • IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /ʔetsapuˈeɾa/ [ʔɛt̪.sɐˈpwɛː.ɾɐ]
• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Syllabification: et‧sa‧pu‧we‧ra

Noun

etsapuwera (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜆ᜔ᜐᜉᜓᜏᜒᜇ) (colloquial)

1. act of excluding or rejecting someone from a group

Derived terms

• ietsapuwera
• mag-etsapuwera
• pag-eetsapuwera

 

Related terms

• apwera
• itsa
• puwera

 

Adjective

etsapuwera (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜆ᜔ᜐᜉᜓᜏᜒᜇ) (colloquial)

1. excluded; rejected

Further reading

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