Bundok Everest

Tagalog

Etymology

Calque of English Mount Everest, after George Everest (1790–1866).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /bunˌdok ˈʔeveɾest/ [bʊn̪ˌd̪ok ˌʔɛː.vɛˈɾɛst̪]
  • IPA^(key): (more native-sounding) /bunˌdok ˈʔebeɾest/ [bʊn̪ˌd̪ok ˌʔɛː.bɛˈɾɛst̪]
• Rhymes: -eveɾest, (more native-sounding) -ebeɾest
• Syllabification: Bun‧dok E‧ve‧rest

Proper noun

Bundók Éverést (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜈ᜔ᜇᜓᜃ᜔ ᜁᜊᜒᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ᜔)

1. Mount Everest (a mountain in the Himalayas, on the border of Solukhumbu district, Koshi, Nepal and Tingri County, Shigatse, Tibet Autonomous Region, China)

Further reading

• “Bundok Everest”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018