kiropraktiko

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish quiropráctico, patterned after English chiropractor, derived from Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + πρᾶξις (prâxis, “action, activity, practice”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kiɾoˈpɾaktiko/ [kɪ.ɾoˌpɾak.t̪ɪˈxo]
  • Rhymes: -aktiko
  • Syllabification: ki‧ro‧prak‧ti‧ko

Noun

kiropráktikó (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜇᜓᜉ᜔ᜇᜃ᜔ᜆᜒᜃᜓ)

  1. chiropractor

Further reading

  • Sagalongos, Felicidad Tomasa E. (1968) Diksiyunaryong Ingles-Pilipino, Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Mandaluyong: National Bookstore, →ISBN, page 77
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