abwelo

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Latin avia
    Latin -ola
    Early Medieval Latin aviola
    Proto-Indo-European *-os
    Proto-Italic *-os
    Latin -us
    Vulgar Latin *aviolum
    Old Spanish avuelo
    Spanish abuelobor.
    Tagalog abwelo

    Borrowed from Spanish abuelo, from Old Spanish avuelo, from Vulgar Latin *av(i)olum. See also lolo and lelong.

    Pronunciation

    • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔabˈwelo/ [ʔɐbˈwɛː.lo]
    • Rhymes: -elo
    • Syllabification: ab‧we‧lo

    Noun

    abwelo (feminine abwela, Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊ᜔ᜏᜒᜎᜓ) (archaic)

    1. grandfather
      Synonyms: lolo, lelong, ingkong, mamay, apo, nuno, (dialectal) amama, (archaic) agwelo
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