mataas na kapulungan
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Compound of mataas + kapulungan, a calque of Spanish cámara alta.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /mataˌʔas na kapuluˈŋan/, [mɐ.tɐˌʔas nɐ xɐ.pʊ.lʊˈŋan]
- Hyphenation: ma‧ta‧as na ka‧pu‧lu‧ngan
Noun edit
mataás na kapulungán (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜆᜀᜐ᜔ ᜈ ᜃᜉᜓᜎᜓᜅᜈ᜔)
- upper house; senate
- Synonyms: kamara alta, senado
- Antonym: mababang kapulungan
- (strictly) Senate of the Philippines
- Synonym: Senado
Further reading edit
- “mataas na kapulungan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- mataas na kapulungan on the Tagalog Wikipedia.Wikipedia tl