kumusta
Bikol Central
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: kumusta
- IPA(key): /kumusˈta/ [ku.musˈta]
Adverb
kumustá (Basahan spelling ᜃᜓᜋᜓᜐ᜔ᜆ)
- alternative spelling of komusta
Noun
kumustá (Basahan spelling ᜃᜓᜋᜓᜐ᜔ᜆ)
- alternative spelling of komusta
Interjection
kumustá (Basahan spelling ᜃᜓᜋᜓᜐ᜔ᜆ)
- alternative spelling of komusta
Cebuano
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kuˈmusta/ [kʊˈmus̪.t̪ɐ]
- Hyphenation: ku‧mus‧ta
Interjection
kumusta
- hello
- how are you?
- used to ask about the status of someone or something
Finnish
Noun
kumusta
- 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)
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
- comosta, comusta, cumusta — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
- kamusta
- kmsta — abbreviation, text messaging
- musta — clipping
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)
- hello
- 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)
- (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)
- best regards; respects; complimentary greeting (such as expressing one's concern for another's health)
Further reading
- “kumusta”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero[1], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 174: “Como eſta ) [Comoſta] (pc) C. q̃ [ya lo] diçen en Caſtilla”