alkatsopas

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alcachofas, plural of alcachofa (“artichoke”), ultimately from Arabic الخُرْشُوف (al-ḵuršūf, “artichoke”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔalkaˈt͡ʃopas/ [ʔɐl.kɐtˈt͡ʃoː.pɐs]
    • IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ʔalkatˈsopas/ [ʔɐl.kɐt̪ˈsoː.pɐs]
  • Rhymes: -opas
  • Syllabification: al‧kat‧so‧pas

Noun

alkatsopas (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜃᜆ᜔ᜐᜓᜉᜐ᜔)

  1. artichoke

Further reading

  • “alkatsopas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 21
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