sekswal

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from English sexual, from Latin sexuālis, from sexus (sex).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: sek‧swal

Adjective

sekswal

  1. sexual

Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /sekˈswal/ [sɛkˈswal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: sek‧swal

Adjective

sekswál (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜃ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜏᜎ᜔)

  1. Superseded, pre-2007 spelling of seksuwal.

Usage notes

  • This spelling does not follow the rule regarding double vowel clusters beginning with /i/ or /u/ as the first vowel (eg. /ia/ or /ua/), which are typically retained at the start of a word or after two consecutive consonants then inserting y or w between the vowels. See Appendix:Tagalog spellings for details.