aleluya

aleluya

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish aleluya, from Latin aleluia, from Hebrew הַלְלוּיָהּ‎ (hal'luyáh).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧le‧lu‧ya
• IPA^(key): /ʔaleˈluja/, [ʔʌ.l̪ɪˈl̪u.jʌ]

Noun

aleluya

1. hallelujah

Interjection

aleluya

1. hallelujah!

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin alleluia, from Hebrew הַלְלוּיָהּ‎.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aleˈluʝa/ [a.leˈlu.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /aleˈluʝa/ [a.leˈlu.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /aleˈluʃa/ [a.leˈlu.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /aleˈluʒa/ [a.leˈlu.ʒa]

• Rhymes: -uʝa
• Syllabification: a‧le‧lu‧ya

Interjection

aleluya

1. hallelujah

Noun

aleluya m or f (plural aleluyas)

1. (cry of) hallelujah

Further reading

• “aleluya”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish aleluya, from Latin aleluia, from Hebrew הַלְלוּיָהּ‎ (hal'luyáh).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧le‧lu‧ya
• IPA^(key): /ʔaleˈluja/, [ʔɐ.leˈlu.jɐ]

Noun

aleluya (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜒᜎᜓᜌ)

1. hallelujah; alleluia

Interjection

aleluya! (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜒᜎᜓᜌ)

1. hallelujah!; alleluia!

Further reading

• “aleluya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
• aleluya on the Tagalog Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^tl