alas-kuwatro
Tagalog edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish a las cuatro (“at four o' clock”). By surface analysis, alas + kuwatro.
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaˌlas kuˈatɾo/, [ʔɐˌlas ˈkwa.tɾo]
- Rhymes: -atɾo
- Syllabification: a‧las-ku‧wa‧tro
Noun edit
alás-kuwatro (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜐ᜔ᜃᜓᜏᜆ᜔ᜇᜓ)
- four o'clock
- Synonym: (formal) ikaapat
- (botany) four o'clock flower (Mirabilis jalapa)