guwardiya sibil

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• guwardiya-sibil

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guardia civil.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ɡuˌaɾdia siˈbil/ [ˌɡwaɾ.d͡ʒɐ sɪˈbil]
  • IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /ɡuˌaɾdia siˈbil/ [ˌɡwaɾ.d̪jɐ sɪˈbil]
• Rhymes: -il
• Syllabification: gu‧war‧di‧ya si‧bil

Noun

guwárdiyá sibíl (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜓᜏᜇ᜔ᜇᜒᜌ ᜐᜒᜊᜒᜎ᜔)

1. (historical) civil guard (police force in colonial Philippines from the 1850s until the Philippine Revolution)