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)

  1. (historical) civil guard (police force in colonial Philippines from the 1850s until the Philippine Revolution)