kahetilya

Tagalog

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish cajeta

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -lus

Latin -ellus

Latin -ella

Old Spanish -iella

Spanish -illa

Spanish cajetillabor.

Tagalog kahetilya

Borrowed from Spanish cajetilla.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kaheˈtilja/ [kɐ.hɛˈt̪il.jɐ]
• Rhymes: -ilja
• Syllabification: ka‧he‧til‧ya

Noun

kahetilya (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜑᜒᜆᜒᜎ᜔ᜌ)

1. small box

   Synonym: kahita

2. cigarette pack

Related terms

• kaha
• kahon

References

• “kahetilya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018