bibliyoteka
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- biblioteka — dated
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish biblioteca, from Latin bibliothēca, from Ancient Greek βιβλιοθήκη (bibliothḗkē).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /biblioˈteka/ [bɪb.ljoˈt̪ɛː.xɐ]
- Rhymes: -eka
- Syllabification: bib‧li‧yo‧te‧ka
Noun
bibliyoteka (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜊ᜔ᜎᜒᜌᜓᜆᜒᜃ) (formal)
- library
- Synonyms: silid-aklatan, aklatan, libreriya
- 1993, Constante C. Casabar, Silang nagigising sa madaling-araw: nobela:
- Hindi sumagot si Salvador at sa pagkatigil ng guro sa pagpapaliwanag, narinig nila ang tinitimping mga pagaanasan[sic] at napaghahalatang ingay sa kabila ng pintuan at ng apat na bintana ng bibliyoteka.
- Salvador didn't answer and just when the teacher stopped explaining, they heard a temperate whisper and an obvious noise just opposite of the door and four windows in the library.
Related terms
Further reading
- “bibliyoteka”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018