alibata

English edit

Proper noun edit

alibata

Synonym of Baybayin (“Tagalog writing system”)

Tagalog edit

Etymology edit

From the first three letters of the Arabic alphabet, Arabic أَلِف بَاء تَاء (ʔalif bāʔ tāʔ), Coined by Paul Rodriguez Verzosa in 1914 presumably under the erroneous assumption that Baybayin was derived from it. Compare Malay alif-ba-ta.

Pronunciation edit

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaliˈbata/, [ʔɐ.lɪˈba.tɐ]
Rhymes: -ata
Syllabification: a‧li‧ba‧ta

Noun edit

alibata (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜒᜊᜆ)

Arabic script (especially as known in the Orient)
Synonym: sulat Arabo
(proscribed) Baybayin (Philippine script)
Synonym: Baybayin