akordada

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish acordada.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔakoɾˈdada/ [ʔɐ.xoɾˈd̪aː.d̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: a‧kor‧da‧da

Noun

akordada (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜃᜓᜇ᜔ᜇᜇ) (law enforcement, historical)

1. rural constabulary created to apprehend bandits during the Spanish occupation in the Philippine Islands

Related terms

• akorde
• akordeon
• akordeonista
• akwerdo
• kurason

 

See also

• kapulisan
• konstabularyo

 

Further reading

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