kuwento

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• kuento — dated, superseded, pre-1977
• kwento — superseded, pre-2007

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cuento (“story”), from Vulgar Latin *contu(s) / *comptu(s), from Latin computus.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kuˈento/ [ˈkwɛn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: ku‧wen‧to

Noun

kuwento (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜏᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ)

1. story; tale; narrative

   Synonyms: istorya, salaysay, kasaysayan

2. (obsolete) one million

   Synonyms: milyon, angaw, sampung yuta

Derived terms

• ikuwento
• kuwentong buhay
• kuwentong-ada
• kuwentong-barbero
• kuwentong-bayan
• kuwentong-bitbit
• kuwentong-kutsero
• kuwentuhan
• magkuwento
• magkuwentuhan
• maikling kuwento
• pagkukuwento
• tapos ang kuwento

Related terms

• kuwentista

Further reading

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