agwa-kolonya

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish agua de Colonia, calque of French eau de Cologne, coined by Italian parfumier Johann Maria Farina in 1742, who lived in Cologne.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˌʔaɡwa koˈlonja/ [ˌʔaɡ.wɐ xoˈloː.ɲɐ]
    • IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ˌʔaɡwa koˈlonja/ [ˌʔaɡ.wɐ xoˈlon̪.jɐ]
  • Rhymes: -onja
  • Syllabification: ag‧wa-ko‧lon‧ya

Noun

agwa-kolonya (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜄ᜔ᜏᜃᜓᜎᜓᜈ᜔ᜌ)

  1. cologne; eau de Cologne
    Synonym: kolonya

See also

Further reading

  • “agwa-kolonya”, 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 17
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