eskwelahan

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Bikol Central[edit]

Noun[edit]

eskwelahan

  1. school; high school;college; university
    Synonyms: paadalan, kolehiyo, unibersidad

Cebuano[edit]

Noun[edit]

eskwelahán

  1. Alternative form of eskuwelahan

Tagalog[edit]

Noun[edit]

eskwélahán (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜃ᜔ᜏᜒᜎᜑᜈ᜔)

  1. Superseded, pre-2007 spelling of eskuwelahan.

Usage notes[edit]

This spelling does not follow the rule of double vowel clusters with an /i/ or /u/ as the first vowel following a double consonant (where the standard is to retain the vowel cluster and add a ⟨y⟩ or ⟨w⟩ in between). See Appendix:Tagalog spellings for details.