hibla

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Early Modern Spanish hebra (“fiber”) with shift of stress, from Latin fibra. Words with a closed penultimate syllable tend to have ultimate stress on earlier stages of the language.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /hibˈla/ [hɪbˈla]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: hib‧la

Noun

hiblá (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜊ᜔ᜎ)

  1. fiber
    Synonyms: himaymay, hilatsa, aguheta
  2. string, thread
    Synonym: sinulid
  3. strand, filament

Derived terms

  • hiblahan
  • maghibla

Further reading

  • “hibla”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

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