agwamadre

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish agua madre.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˌʔaɡwaˈmadɾe/ [ˌʔaɡ.wɐˈmaː.d̪ɾɛ]
  • Rhymes: -adɾe
  • Syllabification: ag‧wa‧ma‧dre

Noun

ágwamádre (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜄ᜔ᜏᜋᜇ᜔ᜇᜒ) (chemistry)

  1. mother liquor

Further reading

  • “agwamadre”, 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 18
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