alpahol
Tagalog
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish alfajor, from Andalusian Arabic الفشر (al-fašur), from Classical Persian افشر (afšur, “juice”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔalpaˈhol/ [ʔɐl.pɐˈhol]
- Rhymes: -ol
- Syllabification: al‧pa‧hol
Noun
[edit]alpahól (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜉᜑᜓᜎ᜔)
- food made from sliced sweet potatoes and cooked in sugar, milk, or coconut milk
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “alpahol”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
- “alpahol”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
- Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 24
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- Tagalog terms borrowed from Spanish
- Tagalog terms derived from Spanish
- Tagalog terms derived from Andalusian Arabic
- Tagalog terms derived from Classical Persian
- Tagalog 3-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/ol
- Rhymes:Tagalog/ol/3 syllables
- Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- tl:Foods