muhala

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• mohala — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

Borrowed from Early Modern Spanish almohada. Doublet of almowada.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /muˈhalaʔ/ [mʊˈhaː.lɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -alaʔ
• Syllabification: mu‧ha‧la

Noun

muhalà (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜑᜎ) (obsolete)

1. bed pillow

   Synonyms: unan, almowada

Derived terms

• magmuhala
• muhalain

 

See also

• kusin

 

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 46: “Almohada) Mohala (pp) C. de la cama”
• Donoso, Isaac (2013) Historia cultural de la lengua española en Filipinas: ayer y hoy‎^[2], Editorial Verbum, →ISBN