alibata
English edit
Proper noun edit
alibata
- Synonym of Baybayin (“Tagalog writing system”)
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
From the first three letters of the Arabic alphabet, Arabic أَلِف بَاء تَاء (ʔalif bāʔ tāʔ), Coined by Paul Rodriguez Verzosa in 1914 presumably under the erroneous assumption that Baybayin was derived from it. Compare Malay alif-ba-ta.
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaliˈbata/ [ʔɐ.lɪˈba.tɐ]
- Rhymes: -ata
- Syllabification: a‧li‧ba‧ta
Noun edit
alibata (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜒᜊᜆ)
- Arabic script (especially as known in the Orient)
- Synonym: sulat Arabo
- (proscribed) Baybayin (Philippine script)
- Synonym: Baybayin
Further reading edit
- “alibata”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Categories:
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- Tagalog terms derived from Arabic
- Tagalog coinages
- Tagalog 4-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/ata
- Rhymes:Tagalog/ata/4 syllables
- Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- Tagalog proscribed terms