kortesiya

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• kortesia
• kortesya

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cortesía.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /koɾteˈsia/ [koɾ.t̪ɛˈsiː.ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: kor‧te‧si‧ya

Noun

kortesiya (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜇ᜔ᜆᜒᜐᜒᜌ)

1. courtesy

   Synonyms: paggalang, pagkamapitagan, pitagan, pagkamagalang, galang, pakundangan

Related terms

• deskortesiya
• korte
• kortes

Further reading

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