lenggwa

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈleŋɡwa/ [ˈlɛŋ.ɡwɐ]
• Rhymes: -eŋɡwa
• Syllabification: leng‧gwa

Noun

lenggwa (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜅ᜔ᜄ᜔ᜏ)

1. Superseded, pre-2007 spelling of lengguwa.

Usage notes

• This spelling does not follow the rule of double vowel clusters with an /i/ or /u/ as the first vowel when at the start of a word or when following a double consonant (where the standard is to retain the vowel cluster and add a ⟨y⟩ or ⟨w⟩ in between). See Appendix:Tagalog spellings for details.