almusal

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• amusal

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish almorzar (“to have lunch”), and underwent semantic change from “lunch” to “breakfast”.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔalmuˈsal/, [ʔɐl.mʊˈsal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: al‧mu‧sal

Noun

almusál (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜋᜓᜐᜎ᜔)

1. breakfast

   Synonyms: agahan, pamahaw (Batangas, Marinduque)

Coordinate terms

• hapunan
• meryenda
• tanghalian

 

Derived terms

• almusalan
• almusalin
• altanghap
• mag-almusal

 

Related terms

• almuwerso
• segundo almuwerso

 

Further reading

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