abakada

Pangasinan

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: a‧ba‧ka‧da
  • IPA(key): /abaˈkada/, [a.baˈka.da]
  • Rhymes: -ada

Noun

abakada

  1. alphabet

References

Tagalog

Etymology

From the names of the first four letters in the Abakada alphabet. Compare Cebuano abakadhan.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔabaˈkada/ [ʔɐ.bɐˈxaː.d̪ɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ada
  • Syllabification: a‧ba‧ka‧da

Noun

abakada (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜃᜇ)

  1. (strictly) Abakada alphabet
  2. alphabet
    Synonyms: alpabeto, abesedaryo, abese
    Ang mga bata ay nag-aral ng abakada sa paaralan.
    The children studied the alphabet in school.

Derived terms

  • abakadahin
  • iabakada
  • mag-abakada

Further reading

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