alpapa

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alfalfa, from Arabic الْفَصْفَصَة (al-faṣfaṣa), from Aramaic אַסְפַּסְתָּא (ʾaspastā) / ܐܰܣܦܷܣܬܳܐ (ʾaspestā, “lucerne”), from Akkadian 𒊍𒉺𒊍𒋾 (aspastu, “presumably lucerne”), from Old Median *aspāstiš (“lucerne”).

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔalˈpapa/ [ʔɐlˈpa.pɐ]
  • Rhymes: -apa
  • Syllabification: al‧pa‧pa

Noun

alpapa (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜉᜉ)

  1. alfalfa
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