kalabasa

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Alternative forms

• karabasa

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish calabaza.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ka‧la‧ba‧sa
• IPA^(key): /kalaˈbasa/ [ka.l̪aˈba.sa]

Noun

kalabasa

1. squash
2. (informal) botched attempt

   Synonym: kamote

Derived terms

• kalabasang pula
• kalabasang puti
• makakalabasa
• makalabasa

 

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish calabaza.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ka‧la‧ba‧sa
• IPA^(key): /kalaˈbasa/ [kɐ.l̪ɐˈba.s̪ɐ]

Noun

kalabasa

1. a plant and its fruit of five species of the genus Cucurbita; a squash
2. the flower of this plant used in cooking

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish calabaza (“squash”).

Noun

kalabasa

1. squash

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• kalbasa — dialectal, Batangas
• kalubasa — now dialectal, Marinduque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish calabaza (“squash”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kalaˈbasa/ [kɐ.lɐˈbaː.sɐ]
• Rhymes: -asa
• Syllabification: ka‧la‧ba‧sa

Noun

kalabasa (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜊᜐ)

1. squash

Derived terms

• kalabasang pula
• kalabasang-bilog

 

See also

• kandos
• kundol

 

Further reading

• “kalabasa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[1], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 134: “Calabaça) Calubaſa (pp) C. redondas q llamamos de invierno, o las largas que nos otros ſembramos”