Kurisma
Tagalog edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Early borrowing from Spanish Cuaresma, from Old Spanish quaraesma, from Latin quadrāgēsima (“the fortieth part; Lent”), substantive of quadrāgēsimus (“fortieth”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog)
- Rhymes: -isma
- Syllabification: Ku‧ris‧ma
Proper noun edit
Kurisma (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜋ)
- Alternative form of Kuwaresma
Further reading edit
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero[1], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 203: “Cuareſma) Coreſma [(pc)] C. tiempo ſancto”