kuwalta

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Early borrowing from Philippine Spanish cuarta with sound shift from /ɾ/ to /l/ and an occasional stress shift due to having a closed penultimate syllable. Doublet of kuwarta and kuwarto.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kualˈta/ [kwɐlˈt̪a], /kuˈalta/ [ˈkwal.t̪ɐ]
  • Rhymes: -a, -alta
  • Syllabification: ku‧wal‧ta

Noun

kuwaltá or kuwalta (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜏᜎ᜔ᜆ)

  1. money; cash
    Synonyms: salapi, pera, kuwarta

Further reading

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

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