giyera
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- gera
- gira – obsolete
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish guerra. The insertion of /j/ remains unexplained.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: gi‧ye‧ra
- IPA(key): /ɡiˈeɾa/, [ˈɡje.ɾɐ]
Noun
giyera (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒᜌᜒᜇ)
- war
- Synonyms: digmaan, (obsolete) gubat
Derived terms
- giyera-giyerahan
- giyerahin
- giyera-patani
- magkagiyera
- manggiyera
- pagkagiyerahan
- palagera
Related terms
- gerero
- gerilya
See also
- baka
Further reading
- “giyera”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
- 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 337: “Guerra) Gira (pp) C. de campos contrarios”