alpapa

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alfalfa, from Arabic الْفَصْفَصَة (al-faṣfaṣa), from Aramaic אַסְפַּסְתָּא (ʾaspastā) / ܐܰܣܦܷܣܬܳܐ (ʾaspestā, “lucerne”), from Akkadian 𒊍𒉺𒊍𒋾 (aspastu, “presumably lucerne”), from Old Median *aspāstiš (“lucerne”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔalˈpapa/ [ʔɐlˈpaː.pɐ]
• Rhymes: -apa
• Syllabification: al‧pa‧pa

Noun

alpapa (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜉᜉ)

1. alfalfa