Tagalog[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Early Modern Spanish hebra (“fiber”), from Latin fibra.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /hibˈla/, [hɪbˈla]
- Hyphenation: hib‧la
hiblá (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜊ᜔ᜎ)
- fiber
- Synonyms: himaymay, hilatsa
- string, thread
- Synonym: sinulid
- strand, filament
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “hibla”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018