eskuwela

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• eskuyla, eskwela

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish escuela.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔeskuˈwela/ [ʔes̪ˈkwi.l̪ɐ]
• Hyphenation: es‧ku‧we‧la

Noun

eskuwela

1. school
2. pupil; student

   Synonyms: estudyante, tinun-an

Verb

eskuwela

1. to attend school

Derived terms

• eskuwelahan
• paeskuwela

Central Bikol

Alternative forms

• eskuela, eskwela

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish escuela.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔeskuˈela/ [ʔesˈkwe.l̪a]
• Hyphenation: es‧ku‧we‧la

Noun

eskuwéla (Basahan spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜃᜓᜏᜒᜎ)

1. school; learning institute
2. pupil; student

   Synonyms: estudiyante, paraadal

Derived terms

• eskuwelahan
• ka-eskuwela

Hiligaynon

Alternative forms

• eskwela

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish escuela.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔeskuˈela/ [ʔesˈkwe.la]
• Hyphenation: es‧ku‧we‧la

Noun

eskuwela

1. school

   Synonym: buluthoan

Verb

eskuwela

1. to go to school; to attend school

Derived terms

• eskuwelahan
• kaeskuwela

Kinaray-a

Alternative forms

• eskuela (informal)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish escuela.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔeskuˈela/, [ʔesˈkwe.la]

Noun

eskuwela

1. school

Derived terms

• eskuwelahan
• kaeskuwela

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• eskuela — obsolete
• eskwela, iskwela — superseded, pre-2007
• iskuwela — superseded, pre-2014
• iscovyla, iscuela — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
• iskuwila — obsolete

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ-der.

Proto-Hellenic *skʰolā́

Ancient Greek σχολή (skholḗ)bor.

Latin schola

Old Spanish

Spanish escuelabor.

Tagalog eskuwela

Borrowed from Spanish escuela, from Old Spanish, from Latin schola, borrowed from Ancient Greek σχολή (skholḗ), from Proto-Hellenic *skʰolā́, from Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ-. Doublet of iskul.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔeskuˈela/ [ʔɛsˈk̠wɛː.lɐ]
• Rhymes: -ela
• Syllabification: es‧ku‧we‧la

Noun

eskuwela (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜃᜓᜏᜒᜎ)

1. school

   Synonyms: paaralan, eskuwelahan, iskul

2. (now dialectal, Marinduque) schoolchild; pupil

   Synonyms: mag-aaral, estudyante

Derived terms

• balik-eskuwela
• eskuwelahan
• kaeskuwela

Related terms

• eskolar
• eskuwela publika

Further reading

• “eskuwela”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎^[1] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag., page 302: “Eſcuela) Iſcovyla (pp) donde enſeñan, y ſe deprende”

Waray-Waray

Alternative forms

• eskwela

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish escuela.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔeskuˈela/, [ʔisˈkwi.la]

Noun

eskuwela

1. school

Derived terms

• eskuwelahan
• kaeskuwela