pulupeta

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• polopeta — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

Early borrowing from Spanish profeta, from Old Spanish propheta, from Latin prophēta, from Ancient Greek προφήτης (prophḗtēs, “spokesman, prophet”). Doublet of propeta.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /pulupeˈta/ [pʊ.lʊ.pɛˈt̪a]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: pu‧lu‧pe‧ta

Noun

pulupetá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜎᜓᜉᜒᜆ) (religion, obsolete)

1. prophet

   Synonyms: propeta, (obsolete) siyak

   wika ni Isaias pulupeta ― word by Isaiah the prophet

References

• 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 498: “Profeta) Polopeta [(pc)] C. de Dios verdadero”