alkalde
Bikol Central edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish alcalde.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
alkálde (feminine alkaldesa, Basahan spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜃᜎ᜔ᜇᜒ)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Cebuano edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish alcalde.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
alkálde (Badlit spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜃᜎ᜔ᜇᜒ)
See also edit
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish alcalde, from Old Spanish alcalde, alcalle, from Arabic اَلْقَاضِي (al-qāḍī, “the judge”). Compare Malay kadi.
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔalˈkalde/, [ʔɐlˈkal.dɛ]
- Rhymes: -alde
- Syllabification: al‧kal‧de
Noun edit
alkalde (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜃᜎ᜔ᜇᜒ)
- mayor
- Synonyms: punong-bayan, punong-lungsod, (slang) yorme
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Further reading edit
- “alkalde”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018