lawulta
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- lauolta — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
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)
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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