antilano

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• antelano

Etymology

Early borrowing of Spanish hortelano, from older hortolano, from Late Latin hortulānus. Doublet of ortelano.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔantiˈlano/, [ʔɐn.tɪˈla.no]
• Rhymes: -ano
• Syllabification: an‧ti‧la‧no

Noun

antilano (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜎᜈᜓ) (obsolete)

1. gardener; orcharder

   Synonyms: ortelano, maghahalaman, hardinero

   Kami walang antilano, mag-antilano ka na dito sa amin.

   We don't have a gardener, be a gardener for us.

Derived terms

• mag-antilano

 

Further reading

• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[1], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 357: “Hortelano) Antelano (pp) que cultiua guerta”
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2017) Ancient Beliefs and Customs of the Tagalogs, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 168