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Sranan Tongo[edit]
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun[edit]
kapuwa
Tagalog[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unknown. Compare Kapampangan kaddua, Bikol Central kapwa, Hokkien 佮我 (kap góa, “with me”), Malay puak (“group; tribe; faction”), and Khmer ពួក (puək).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈkapuaʔ/ [ˈka.pwɐʔ]
- Rhymes: -apuaʔ
- Syllabification: ka‧pu‧wa
Noun[edit]
kápuwâ (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜉᜓᜏ)
- fellow being; of the same affinity; equal; neighbor; other; brethren; kin
- Tumulong tayo sa ating kapuwa.
- Let us help our fellows.
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Adjective[edit]
kápuwâ (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜉᜓᜏ)
- kindred; both; equal (applied to one of a pair)
- Synonym: pareho
- Sila'y kapuwa magnanakaw.
- They're both fellow robbers.
Further reading[edit]
- “kapuwa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
- Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.[2] (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero[3], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 362: “Igual) Capova [(pc)] haçiendo comparaçion igualando”
- Zorc, David Paul (1981) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 2, page 78
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