kuatro

Ilocano

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cuatro.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkwatɾo/ [ˈkwɐt.ɾo]
  • Hyphenation: kua‧tro

Numeral

kuatro

  1. four
    Synonym: uppat

Ladino

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish quatro, from Latin quattŭor (“four”), from Proto-Italic *kʷettwōr, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres. Cognates include English four, French quatre, Greek τέσσερις (tésseris), & Yiddish פֿיר (fir).

Pronunciation

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Numeral

kuatro (Hebrew spelling קואטרו)[1]

  1. four (4) [ca. 1510[2]]
    • 2006, Matilda Koén-Sarano, Por el plazer de kontar‎[1], page 266:
      Ensupitó a las kuatro de demanyana se alevanta Aharon, se viste i aze para salir.
      Suddenly Aharon wakes up at four in the morning, and he gets dressed to leave.

Derived terms

  • kuatrén

References

  1. ^ “kuatro”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola [Treasure of the Judeo-Spanish Language] (in Ladino, Hebrew, and English), Instituto Maale Adumim
  2. ^ Dov Cohen and Ora (Rodrigue) Schwarzwald (19 June 2019) “Coṃpendio delas šeḥiṭót (Constantinople ca. 1510): The First Judeo-Spanish Printed Publication”, in Journal of Jewish Languages, volume 7, number 1, Leiden: Koninklijke Brill NV, →DOI, →ISSN, page 50
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