istatwa

Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔisˈtatwa/ [ʔɪsˈt̪at̪.wɐ]
  • Rhymes: -atwa
  • Syllabification: is‧tat‧wa

Noun

istatwa (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜆᜆ᜔ᜏ)

  1. Superseded, pre-2014 spelling of estatwa.

Usage notes

This spelling does not follow the rule of not substituting the e with i in Spanish borrowings starting with es (see Appendix:Tagalog spellings).