kuwalta

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• kwalta — nonstandard

Etymology

Early borrowing from Spanish cuarta with sound shift from /ɾ/ to /l/. Doublet of kuwarta and kuwarto.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kualˈta/ [kwɐlˈt̪a]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ku‧wal‧ta

Noun

kuwaltá (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜏᜎ᜔ᜆ)

1. money; cash

   Synonyms: salapi, pera, kuwarta

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• aktuwal