dulubasa

Kapampangan

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay jurubahasa. Sense “expert” is possibly a semantic loan from Tagalog.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dʊlʊˈbasəʔ/ [dʊ.lʊˈbäː.səʔ]
  • IPA(key): /dʊlʊˈbasə/ [dʊ.lʊˈbäː.sə] (obsolete)
  • Hyphenation: du‧lu‧ba‧sa

Noun

dulubásâ

  1. expert
  2. interpreter

Derived terms

  • magdulubasa
  • pagdulubasa

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /duluˈbasaʔ/ [d̪ʊ.lʊˈbaː.sɐʔ]
  • Rhymes: -asaʔ
  • Syllabification: du‧lu‧ba‧sa

Noun

dulubasà (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜎᜓᜊᜐ)

  1. obsolete form of dalubhasa: interpreter; interpretation