alsubispo
Tagalog
Etymology
Early borrowing of Spanish arzobispo (“archbishop”), from Old Spanish arçobispo, from Late Latin archiepiscopus, from Ancient Greek ἀρχιεπίσκοπος (arkhiepískopos).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔalsubisˈpo/ [ʔɐl.sʊ.bɪsˈpo]
- Rhymes: -o
- Syllabification: al‧su‧bis‧po
Noun
alsubispó (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜐᜓᜊᜒᜐ᜔ᜉᜓ) (Christianity)
- obsolete form of arsobispo
Further reading
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero[1], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 448: “...ang ſiniol alſobiſpo...”