kumusta
Bikol Central
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: kumusta
- IPA(key): /kumusˈta/, [ku.musˈta]
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- comosta, comusta — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
- kamusta
- kmsta — abbreviation, text messaging
- musta — clipping
Etymology
Derived from Spanish cómo está. Compare Ilocano kumosta, Kapampangan komusta, Bikol Central komusta, Cebuano kumusta, and Maranao komosta.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kumusˈta/ [kʊ.mʊsˈta]
- Rhymes: -a
- Syllabification: ku‧mus‧ta
Interjection
kumustá (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜋᜓᜐ᜔ᜆ)
- hello
- how are you?
- Synonyms: ano'ng balita, (dialectal) maano
- Uy, kumusta? Ang tagal na nating 'di nagkikita a!
- Hey, how are you? Long time no see
Adverb
kumustá (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜋᜓᜐ᜔ᜆ)
Derived terms
- ikumusta
- ipagkumusta
- kumustahan
- kumustahin
- magpakumusta
- magpakumusta
- makakumusta
- mangamusta
- pagkumustahan
- pakikipagkumusta
- pakumusta
See also
Noun
kumustá (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜋᜓᜐ᜔ᜆ)
- best regards; respects; complimentary greeting (such as expressing one's concern for another's health)
Further reading
- “kumusta”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero, La Noble Villa de Pila, page 174: “Como eſta ) [Comoſta] (pc) C. q̃ [ya lo] diçen en Caſtilla”
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