abakada

Pangasinan

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: a‧ba‧ka‧da
  • IPA(key): /abaˈkada/, [a.baˈka.da]
  • Rhymes: -ada

Noun

abakada

  1. alphabet

References
  1. Benton, Richard Anthony, Pangasinan dictionary (1971)

Tagalog

Etymology

From the names of the first four letters in the Abakada alphabet. Compare Cebuano abakadhan.

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔabaˈkada/ [ʔɐ.bɐˈxa.dɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ada
  • Syllabification: a‧ba‧ka‧da

Noun

abakada (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜃᜇ)

  1. alphabet
    Synonyms: alpabeto, abesedaryo, abese
    Ang mga bata ay nag-aral ng abakada sa paaralan.
    The children studied the alphabet in school.
  2. (strictly) Abakada alphabet

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