alpalpa

Tagalog

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *h₁eḱ-
    Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos
    Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háćwas
    Proto-Iranian *Hácwah
    Proto-Iranian *Hástiš
    Proto-Iranian *HacwaHastiš
    Old Median *aspāstišder.
    Arabic فَصْفَص (faṣfaṣ)bor.
    Old Spanish alfalfez
    Spanish alfalfabor.
    Tagalog alpalpa

    Borrowed from Spanish alfalfa, from Old Spanish alfalfez, from Arabic الْفَصْفَصَة (al-faṣfaṣa), from Aramaic אַסְפַּסְתָּא (ʾaspastā) / ܐܰܣܦܷܣܬܳܐ (ʾaspestā, “lucerne”), from Akkadian 𒊍𒉺𒊍𒋾 (aspastu, “presumably lucerne”), from Old Median *aspāstiš (“lucerne”).

    Pronunciation

    • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔalˈpalpa/ [ʔɐlˈpal.pɐ]
    • Rhymes: -alpa
    • Syllabification: al‧pal‧pa

    Noun

    alpalpa (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜉᜎ᜔ᜉ)

    1. alfalfa (Medicago sativa)

    Further reading

    • 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
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