alkoba
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish alcoba, from Arabic القُبَّة (al-qubba, “dome, cupola”), from Aramaic קוּבְּתָא / ܩܘܼܒ݁ܬ݂ܵܐ (qubbəṯā). The modern meaning is a semantic loan from English alcove.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔalˈkoba/ [ʔɐlˈkoː.bɐ]
- Rhymes: -oba
- Syllabification: al‧ko‧ba
Noun
alkoba (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜃᜓᜊ)
- (architecture) alcove
- Synonym: lungib
- (dated) bedroom
- Synonyms: silid-tulugan, tulugan
Further reading
- “alkoba”, 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