akusador

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish acusador, from Latin accūsātōrem. By surface analysis, akusa +‎ -dor.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔakusaˈdoɾ/ [ʔɐ.xʊ.sɐˈd̪oɾ]
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: a‧ku‧sa‧dor

Noun

akusadór (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜃᜓᜐᜇᜓᜇ᜔)

  1. accuser; complainant
    Synonyms: tagausig, nagsakdal, naghabla, nagsumbong, nagbintang, demandador, reklamante, kerelyante, kerelyador

Further reading

  • “akusador”, 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 10
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