sundalo

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• sundawo — Metro Cebu, northern Cebu, Bohol

Etymology

Corruption of Spanish soldado.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sun‧da‧lo
• (Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /sunˈdalo/ [s̪ʊn̪ˈd̪a.l̪o]
• (Metro Cebu, Northern Cebu, Bohol, Leyte) IPA^(key): /sunˌdaˈwo/ [s̪ʊn̪ˌd̪aˈwo]

Noun

sundalo (Badlit spelling ᜐᜓᜈ᜔ᜇᜎᜓ)

1. soldier

Derived terms

• kasundalohan

 

Higaonon

Noun

sundalo

1. soldier

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• suldaro — obsolete

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish soldado.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /sunˈdalo/ [sʊn̪ˈd̪aː.lo]
• Rhymes: -alo
• Syllabification: sun‧da‧lo

Noun

sundalo (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜈ᜔ᜇᜎᜓ)

1. soldier

   Synonyms: kawal, militar

2. (colloquial, figurative) one's male child
3. (colloquial, figurative) follower

   Synonym: tauhan

Derived terms

• kasundaluhan
• magsundalo
• pagsusundalo
• sunda-sundaluhan

 

Further reading

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