alkagwete

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alcagüete, old variant of alcahuete, from Arabic الْقَوَّاد (al-qawwād).

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔalkaɡˈwete/ [ʔɐl.kɐɡˈwɛ.tɛ]
  • Rhymes: -ete
  • Syllabification: al‧kag‧we‧te

Noun

alkagwete (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜃᜄ᜔ᜏᜒᜆᜒ)

  1. Alternative form of alkahuwete

Further reading
  • “alkagwete”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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