agilenyo

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish aguileño.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaɡiˈlenjo/ [ʔɐ.ɣɪˈlɛː.ɲo]
    • IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ʔaɡiˈlenjo/ [ʔɐ.ɣɪˈlɛn̪.jo]
  • Rhymes: -enjo
  • Syllabification: a‧gi‧len‧yo

Adjective

agilenyo (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜄᜒᜎᜒᜈ᜔ᜌᜓ)

  1. aquiline
  2. long and thin (of a face)
  3. curved and thin (of a nose)

Further reading

  • 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 18
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