alguwasil

• algwasil — superseded, pre-2007
• aguwasil — superseded, pre-2014
• agwasil
• agusil

Borrowed from Spanish alguacil, from Andalusian Arabic الوَزِير (al-wazīr), from Arabic وَزِير (wazīr, “minister”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔalɡuaˈsil/ [ʔɐl.ɡwɐˈsɪl]
• Rhymes: -il
• Syllabification: al‧gu‧wa‧sil

alguwasíl (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜄᜓᜏᜐᜒᜎ᜔)

1. (law enforcement, historical) alguazil; constable; sheriff; peace officer during Spanish era
2. (bullfighting) alguazil (official who maintains order during a bullfight)

• “alguwasil”, 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 24