kumusta

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: kumusta
  • IPA(key): /kumusˈta/ [ku.musˈta]

Adverb

kumustá (Basahan spelling ᜃᜓᜋᜓᜐ᜔ᜆ)

  1. alternative spelling of komusta

Noun

kumustá (Basahan spelling ᜃᜓᜋᜓᜐ᜔ᜆ)

  1. alternative spelling of komusta

Interjection

kumustá (Basahan spelling ᜃᜓᜋᜓᜐ᜔ᜆ)

  1. alternative spelling of komusta

Cebuano

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Spanish cómo está.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kuˈmusta/ [kʊˈmus̪.t̪ɐ]
  • Hyphenation: ku‧mus‧ta

Interjection

kumusta

  1. hello
  2. how are you?
  3. used to ask about the status of someone or something

Finnish

Noun

kumusta

  1. elative singular of kumu

Anagrams

Hanunoo

Etymology

Derived from Spanish cómo está.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kumusˈta/ [ku.musˈta]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: ku‧mus‧ta

Interjection

kumustá (Hanunoo spelling ᜣᜳᜫᜳᜰ᜴ᜦ)

  1. how do you do?; how are you?

Further reading

  • Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 151

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Spanish cómo está. Compare Ilocano kumosta, Kapampangan komusta, Bikol Central komusta, Cebuano kumusta, and Maranao komosta.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kumusˈta/ [kʊ.mʊsˈt̪a]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: ku‧mus‧ta

Interjection

kumustá (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜋᜓᜐ᜔ᜆ)

  1. hello
    Synonyms: oy, uy, ay, aba, hoy, halo
  2. how are you?
    Synonyms: ano'ng balita, (dialectal) maano
    Uy, kumusta? Ang tagal na nating 'di nagkikita a!
    Hey, how are you? Long time no see

Adverb

kumustá (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜋᜓᜐ᜔ᜆ)

  1. (interrogative) how (in what state)
    Synonym: (dialectal) maano
    Kumusta yung pagtatanghal ninyo kanina?
    How was your performance earlier?
    Kumusta ang pakiramdam mo ngayon?
    How do you feel now?

Derived terms

  • ikumusta
  • ipagkumusta
  • kumustahan
  • kumustahin
  • magpakumusta
  • makakumusta
  • mangamusta
  • pagkumustahan
  • pakikipagkumusta
  • pakumusta

See also

Noun

kumustá (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜋᜓᜐ᜔ᜆ)

  1. best regards; respects; complimentary greeting (such as expressing one's concern for another's health)

Further reading