lawulta

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from (c. 16th-18th century) Early Modern Spanish la güerta (the orchard), an obsolete variant of la huerta. Compare lakwatsa, lamesa, lamesita, lamyerda, and lauya. Doublet of lagwerta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lawulˈta/, [lɐ.wʊlˈta]
  • Hyphenation: la‧wul‧ta

Noun

lawultá (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜏᜓᜎ᜔ᜆ) (obsolete)

  1. garden for vegetables or trees; pot garden
    Synonyms: halamanan, hardin, (obsolete) panaanan
    Diligin ninyo ang lawulta.
    Water the garden.

Derived terms

  • lawultahin
  • maglawulta

Further reading

  • 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 337: “Guerta) Lavolta [(pc)] C. de hortaliça o arboles”
    • page 358: “Huerta) Lavolta [(pc)] C. que eſta çercada o otro lugar ſembrado de verdura”
  • Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 320
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