guwardiya sibil

Tagalog

Alternative forms

  • guwardiya-sibil

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guardia civil.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ɡuˌaɾdia siˈbil/ [ˌɡwaɾ.d͡ʒɐ sɪˈbɪl]
    • IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ɡuˌaɾdia siˈbil/ [ˌɡwaɾ.d̪jɐ sɪˈbɪl]
  • Rhymes: -il
  • Syllabification: gu‧war‧di‧ya si‧bil

Noun

guwárdiyá sibíl (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜓᜏᜇ᜔ᜇᜒᜌ ᜐᜒᜊᜒᜎ᜔)

  1. (historical) civil guard (police force in colonial Philippines from the 1850s until the Philippine Revolution)
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