alkabalero

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alcabalero. By surface analysis, alkabala +‎ -ero.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔalkabaˈleɾo/ [ʔɐl.kɐ.bɐˈlɛː.ɾo]
  • Rhymes: -eɾo
  • Syllabification: al‧ka‧ba‧le‧ro

Noun

alkabalero (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜃᜊᜎᜒᜇᜓ) (historical)

  1. alcavala collector

Further reading

  • “alkabalero”, 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 21
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