eskuwela
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Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish escuela.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: es‧ku‧we‧la
- IPA(key): /ʔeskuˈela/ [ʔesˈkwe.l̪a]
Noun
eskuwéla
Derived terms
- eskuwelahan
- ka-eskuwela
Cebuano
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish escuela.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔeskuˈwela/ [ʔes̪ˈkwi.l̪ɐ]
- Hyphenation: es‧ku‧we‧la
Noun
eskuwela
- school
- pupil; student
- Synonyms: estudyante, tinun-an
Verb
eskuwela
Derived terms
- eskuwelahan
- paeskuwela
Hiligaynon
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish escuela.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔeskuˈela/ [ʔesˈkwe.la]
- Hyphenation: es‧ku‧we‧la
Noun
eskuwela
Verb
eskuwela
Derived terms
Kinaray-a
Alternative forms
- eskuela (informal)
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish escuela.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔeskuˈela/, [ʔesˈkwe.la]
Noun
eskuwela
Derived terms
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- eskwela, iskwela — superseded, pre-2007
- iskuwela — superseded, pre-2014
- iscovyla, iscuela — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
- iskuwila — obsolete
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish escuela, from Latin schola, from Ancient Greek σχολή (skholḗ, “spare time, leisure”). Doublet of iskul.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔeskuˈela/ [ʔɛsˈkwɛː.lɐ]
- Rhymes: -ela
- Syllabification: es‧ku‧we‧la
Noun
eskuwela (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜃᜓᜏᜒᜎ)
- school
- Synonyms: paaralan, eskuwelahan, iskul
- (now dialectal, Marinduque) schoolchild; pupil
- Synonyms: mag-aaral, estudyante
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “eskuwela”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- 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 302: “Eſcuela) Iſcovyla (pp) donde enſeñan, y ſe deprende”
Waray-Waray
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish escuela.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔeskuˈela/, [ʔisˈkwi.la]
Noun
eskuwela