dalubhasa
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- dalabasa, dalibasa, dalubasa, dulubasa – obsolete
- dalobasa, dolobasa, dulobasa – obsolete, Abecedario orthography
- dolobaſa, dulobaſa – obsolete, Abecedario orthography
Etymology
From Malay juru bahasa (“interpreter”), compound of juru (“expert”) + bahasa (“language”). The pronunciation was possibly conflated with hasa.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: da‧lub‧ha‧sa
- IPA(key): /dalubˈhasaʔ/, [dɐ.lʊbˈha.sɐʔ]
Noun
dalubhasà (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜎᜓᜊ᜔ᜑᜐ)
- expert; specialist
- Synonyms: eksperto, pantas, perito, bihasa
- (obsolete) interpreter
- (obsolete) act of interpretation
- Synonym: saysay
Derived terms
- dalub-
- dalubhasaan
- ipagdulubhasa
- kadalubhasaan
- magdalubhasa
Adjective
dalubhasà (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜎᜓᜊ᜔ᜑᜐ)
- expert in; well-trained; proficient in
References
- “dalubhasa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
- Fr. Juan José de Noceda; Fr. Pedro de Sanlucar (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves (in Spanish & Tagalog), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
- Fr. Pedro de San Buena Ventura (1613), Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero, La Noble Villa de Pila, page 370: “Interprete ) Dolobaſa (pp) o terçera perſona por doſe hablandos q̃ noſe entienden”