kuwento
Tagalog
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish cuento (“story”), from Vulgar Latin *contu(s) / *comptu(s), from Latin computus.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kuˈento/ [ˈkwɛn̪.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -ento
- Syllabification: ku‧wen‧to
Noun
kuwento (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜏᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ)
- story; tale; narrative
- Synonyms: istorya, salaysay, kasaysayan
- (obsolete) one million
Derived terms
- ikuwento
- kuwentong buhay
- kuwentong-ada
- kuwentong-barbero
- kuwentong-bayan
- kuwentong-bitbit
- kuwentong-kutsero
- kuwentuhan
- magkuwento
- magkuwentuhan
- maikling kuwento
- pagkukuwento
- tapos ang kuwento
Related terms
- kuwentista
See also
Further reading
- “kuwento”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018