palakas-tinig
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
From pa- + lakas (“strength; loudness; power”) + tinig (“voice”). Calque of Spanish altavoz.
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /palaˌkas ˈtiniɡ/, [pɐ.lɐˌxas ˈti.nɪɡ]
- Rhymes: -iniɡ
- Syllabification: pa‧la‧kas-ti‧nig
Noun edit
palakas-tinig (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜃᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜈᜒᜄ᜔) (uncommon)
- loudspeaker
- Synonyms: altabos, ispiker, lawd-ispiker, (neologism) daktinig
Further reading edit
- Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles, Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 620