adhesibo

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish adhesivo but with the silent ⟨h⟩ pronounced as /h/, most likely due to English influence or spelling influence, from Medieval Latin adhaesīvus, from Latin adhaereō.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔadheˈsibo/ [ʔɐd̪.hɛˈsiː.bo]
  • Rhymes: -ibo
  • Syllabification: ad‧he‧si‧bo

Adjective

adhesibo (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇ᜔ᜑᜒᜐᜒᜊᜓ)

  1. adhesive
    Synonyms: malagkit, dumadagkit, makapit

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “adhesibo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 11
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