alkantarilya
Tagalog
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish alcantarilla, from alcántara + -illa (diminutive suffix), from Arabic القَنْطَرَة (al-qanṭara).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔalkantaˈɾilja/ [ʔɐl.kɐn̪.t̪ɐˈɾil.jɐ]
- Rhymes: -ilja
- Syllabification: al‧kan‧ta‧ril‧ya
Noun
alkantarilya (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜃᜈ᜔ᜆᜇᜒᜎ᜔ᜌ)
Related terms
Further reading
- “alkantarilya”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
- “alkantarilya”, 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 22