kamara oskura

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cámara oscura.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˌkamaɾa ʔosˈkuɾa/ [ˌkaː.mɐˌɾa ʔosˈkuː.ɾɐ]
  • Rhymes: -uɾa
  • Syllabification: ka‧ma‧ra os‧ku‧ra

Noun

kámará oskura (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜋᜇ ᜂᜐ᜔ᜃᜓᜇ) (photography)

  1. camera obscura (darkened chamber in which the image of an outside object is projected and focused onto a surface)
  2. darkroom (dark room where photographs are developed)

Further reading

  • Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 103
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