guwardiya sibil
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish guardia civil.
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ɡuˌaɾdia siˈbil/ [ˌɡwaɾ.d͡ʒɐ sɪˈbil]
- Rhymes: -il
- Syllabification: gu‧war‧di‧ya si‧bil
Noun edit
guwárdiyá sibíl (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜓᜏᜇ᜔ᜇᜒᜌ ᜐᜒᜊᜒᜎ᜔)
- (historical) civil guard (police force in colonial Philippines from the 1850s until the Philippine Revolution)