alkoba

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alcoba, from Arabic القُبَّة (al-qubba, “dome, cupola”), from Aramaic קוּבְּתָא / ܩܘܼܒ݁ܬ݂ܵܐ (qubbəṯā). The meaning changed after a semantic loan from English alcove.

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔalˈkoba/ [ʔɐlˈko.bɐ]
  • Rhymes: -oba
  • Syllabification: al‧ko‧ba

Noun

alkoba (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜃᜓᜊ)

  1. (architecture) alcove
    Synonym: lungib
  2. (dated) bedroom
    Synonyms: silid-tulugan, tulugan

Further reading
  • “alkoba”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • 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 22
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