alkagwete

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alcagüete, old variant of alcahuete, from Arabic الْقَوَّاد (al-qawwād).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔalkaɡˈwete/ [ʔɐl.kɐɡˈwɛː.t̪ɛ]
• Rhymes: -ete
• Syllabification: al‧kag‧we‧te

Noun

alkagwete (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜃᜄ᜔ᜏᜒᜆᜒ)

1. Alternative form of alkahuwete

Further reading

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