yegwa

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish yegua, from Latin equa, feminine form of equus (“horse”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈjeɡwa/ [ˈjɛɡ.wɐ]
  • Rhymes: -eɡwa
  • Syllabification: yeg‧wa

Noun

yegwa (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜒᜄ᜔ᜏ)

  1. mare
    Hypernym: kabayo

Further reading

  • “yegwa”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
  • Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 599
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