alkaldiya
Tagalog
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish alcaldía.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔalkalˈdia/ [ʔɐl.kɐlˈd̪iː.ɐ], /ʔalkaldiˈa/ [ʔɐl.kɐlˈd͡ʒa]
- IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ʔalkaldiˈa/ [ʔɐl.kɐlˈd̪ja]
- Rhymes: -ia, -a
- Syllabification: al‧kal‧di‧ya
Noun
alkaldiya or alkaldiyá (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜃᜎ᜔ᜇᜒᜌ)
- mayoralty (the office or term of a mayor); mayorship
- Synonyms: kaalkaldihan, pagkaalkalde
- mayor's office
- (historical) civil government of a province; provincial government
Derived terms
- kaalkaldihan
- pagkaalkalde
Related terms
Further reading
- “alkaldiya”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
- “alkaldiya”, 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