kuwela
Tagalog
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Spanish, possibly from:
- Corruption of Spanish chulear (“make fun of; show off”), from chulo (“cool”).
- Spanish cuela (“you strain”), second-person singular imperative of colar (“to strain”)
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kuˈela/ [ˈkwɛː.lɐ]
- Rhymes: -ela
- Syllabification: ku‧we‧la
Adjective
editkuwela (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜏᜒᜎ) (slang)
Derived terms
editNoun
editkuwela (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜏᜒᜎ) (slang)
Further reading
edit- “kuwela”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary[1], Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN