kumusta

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• musta
• 'musta

Etymology

From Spanish cómo está.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuˈmusta/ [kʊˈmus̪.t̪ɐ]
• Hyphenation: ku‧mus‧ta

Interjection

kumusta

1. hello
2. how are you?
3. used to ask about the status of someone or something

Central Bikol

Etymology

From Spanish cómo está.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: kumusta
• IPA^(key): /kumusˈta/ [ku.musˈta]

Adverb

komustá (Basahan spelling ᜃᜓᜋᜓᜐ᜔ᜆ)

1. (interrogative) how (in what state)

   Kumusta na an pagmati mo ngunyan?

   How are you feeling right now?

Noun

kumustá (Basahan spelling ᜃᜓᜋᜓᜐ᜔ᜆ)

1. greeting

   Synonyms: tino, tin-o

Interjection

kumustá (Basahan spelling ᜃᜓᜋᜓᜐ᜔ᜆ)

1. (formal) hello

   Synonyms: tara, nem, nom

2. how are you?, how do you do?

   "Uy, kumusta?" "Marhay man."

   "Hey, how are you/how do you do?" "I'm fine."

Derived terms

• kumustahon
• magkumusta
• mangumusta
• pakumusta

Finnish

Noun

kumusta

1. elative singular of kumu

Anagrams

• katumus

Hanunoo

Etymology

Derived from Spanish cómo está.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kumusˈta/ [ku.musˈta]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ku‧mus‧ta

Interjection

kumustá (Hanunoo spelling ᜣᜳᜫᜳᜰ᜴ᜦ)

1. how do you do?; how are you?

Further reading

• Conklin, Harold C. (1953), Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 151

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• comosta, comusta, cumusta — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
• kamusta — colloquial
• kmsta — abbreviation, text messaging
• musta — clipping

Etymology

From Spanish cómo está. Compare Ilocano kumosta, Kapampangan komusta, Central Bikol komusta, Cebuano kumusta, and Maranao komosta.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kumusˈta/ [kʊ.mʊsˈt̪a]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ku‧mus‧ta

Interjection

kumustá (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜋᜓᜐ᜔ᜆ)

1. hello

   Synonyms: oy, uy, ay, aba, hoy, halo

2. how are you?

   Synonyms: ano'ng balita, (dialectal) maano

   Uy, kumusta? Ang tagal na nating 'di nagkikita a!

   Hey, how are you? Long time no see

Adverb

kumustá (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜋᜓᜐ᜔ᜆ)

1. (interrogative) how (in what state)

   Synonym: (dialectal) maano

   Kumusta yung pagtatanghal ninyo kanina?

   How was your performance earlier?

   Kumusta ang pakiramdam mo ngayon?

   How do you feel now?

Derived terms

• ikumusta
• ipagkumusta
• kumustahan
• kumustahin
• magpakumusta
• makakumusta
• mangamusta
• pagkumustahan
• pakikipagkumusta
• pakumusta

See also

• kumusta ka na

Noun

kumustá (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜋᜓᜐ᜔ᜆ)

1. best regards; respects; complimentary greeting (such as expressing one's concern for another's health)

Further reading

• “kumusta”, 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 174: “Como eſta ) [Comoſta] (pc) C. q̃ [ya lo] diçen en Caſtilla”