pulmonya

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• pulmonia
• pulmoniya
• pulmunia
• pulmunya

Etymology

Borrowing from Spanish pulmonía (“pneumonia”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /pulmonˈja/ [pʊl.moˈɲa]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: pul‧mon‧ya

Noun

pulmonyá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜎ᜔ᜋᜓᜈ᜔ᜌ)

1. (pathology) pneumonia

Further reading

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