mayordomo
English
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin maior domūs (literally “principal (servant) of the house”).
Noun
mayordomo m (plural mayordomos, feminine mayordoma, feminine plural mayordomas)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “mayordomo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- mayoldomo — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
- mayuldumo — obsolete
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish mayordomo, from Late Latin maior domūs.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /majoɾˈdomo/ [mɐ.joɾˈdo.mo]
- Rhymes: -omo
- Syllabification: ma‧yor‧do‧mo
See also
- anakura
Further reading
- “mayordomo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero, La Noble Villa de Pila, page 410: “Mayordomo) Mayoldomo (pp) C. de la comunidad Igleſia”
- Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2017) Ancient Beliefs and Customs of the Tagalogs, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 106
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