iskwater

Cebuano

Etymology

From English squatter.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: is‧kwa‧ter

Noun

iskwater

  1. a squatter
  2. a shanty town or squatter area
  3. the slum; a dilapidated neighborhood where many people live in a state of poverty
  4. (derogatory) a loud quarrelsome woman
  5. (derogatory) a person one deems uncultured

Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔisˈkwateɾ/ [ʔɪsˈkwaː.t̪ɛɾ]
  • Rhymes: -ateɾ
  • Syllabification: is‧kwa‧ter

Noun

iskwater (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜃ᜔ᜏᜆᜒᜇ᜔)

  1. Superseded, pre-2007 spelling of iskuwater.

Usage notes

  • This spelling does not follow the rule regarding double vowel clusters beginning with /i/ or /u/ as the first vowel (eg. /ia/ or /ua/), which are typically retained at the start of a word or after two consecutive consonants then inserting ⟨y⟩ or ⟨w⟩ between the vowels. See Appendix:Tagalog spellings for details.
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