kuwarto
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish cuarto (“room; quarter”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ku‧war‧to
- IPA(key): /kuˈaɾto/, [ˈkwaɾ.to]
Noun
kuwarto (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜏᜇ᜔ᜆᜓ)
- room
- Synonym: (formal) silid
- Natulog siya sa kanyang kuwarto.
- He slept in his room.
- (mathematics) quarter; fourth
- Synonyms: sangkapat, kuwarta, ikaapat
- (by extension) quarter of a slaughtered animal (such as a leg of pork, mutton, etc.)
- (commerce, by extension) twenty-five centavos
- Synonym: beynte singko
Derived terms
- kakuwarto
- kuwartong-paupahan
- kuwartong-tulugan
- kuwartuhin
- Sigwa ng Unang Kuwarto
Related terms
- kuwarta
Further reading
- “kuwarto”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018