Cebuano edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish suerte.

Noun edit

swerte

  1. luck

Middle English edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Anglo-Norman seurté.

Noun edit

swerte

  1. Alternative form of surete

Etymology 2 edit

From Old English sweart.

Adjective edit

swerte

  1. Alternative form of swart

Tagalog edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈsweɾte/, [ˈswɛɾ.tɛ]
  • Hyphenation: swer‧te

Noun edit

swerte (Baybayin spelling ᜐ᜔ᜏᜒᜇ᜔ᜆᜒ)

  1. Superseded, pre-2007 spelling of suwerte.

Adjective edit

swerte (Baybayin spelling ᜐ᜔ᜏᜒᜇ᜔ᜆᜒ)

  1. Superseded, pre-2007 spelling of suwerte.

Usage notes edit

This spelling does not follow the rule of double vowel clusters with an /i/ or /u/ as the first vowel following a double consonant (where the standard is to retain the vowel cluster and add a ⟨y⟩ or ⟨w⟩ in between). See Appendix:Tagalog spellings for details.