mababang kapulungan

Tagalog

Etymology

Compound of mababa +‎ kapulungan, a calque of Spanish cámara baja.

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /maˌbabaŋ kapuluˈŋan/ [mɐˌba.bɐŋ kɐ.pʊ.lʊˈŋan]
Syllabification: ma‧ba‧bang ka‧pu‧lu‧ngan

Noun

mababang kapulungán (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜊᜊᜅ᜔ ᜃᜉᜓᜎᜓᜅᜈ᜔)

lower house
Antonym: mataas na kapulungan
(strictly) House of Representatives of the Philippines
Synonyms: Kamara, Kamara de Representantes, Kapulungan ng mga Kinatawan

Further reading

“mababang kapulungan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
mababang kapulungan on the Tagalog Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^tl

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