kortesiya

Tagalog

Alternative forms

  • kortesia
  • kortesya

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cortesía.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /koɾteˈsia/ [koɾ.t̪ɛˈsiː.ɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Syllabification: kor‧te‧si‧ya

Noun

kortesiya (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜇ᜔ᜆᜒᜐᜒᜌ)

  1. courtesy
    Synonyms: paggalang, pagkamapitagan, pitagan, pagkamagalang, galang, pakundangan

Further reading

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