kuwalta

Alternative forms

• kualta — obsolete
• kwalta — superseded, pre-2007

Etymology

Early borrowing from Philippine Spanish cuarta with sound shift from /ɾ/ to /l/ and an occasional stress shift due to having a closed penultimate syllable. Doublet of kuwarta and kuwarto.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kualˈta/ [kwɐlˈt̪a], /kuˈalta/ [ˈkwal.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -a, -alta
• Syllabification: ku‧wal‧ta

Noun

kuwaltá or kuwalta (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜏᜎ᜔ᜆ)

1. money; cash

   Synonyms: salapi, pera, kuwarta

Further reading

• “kuwalta”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

• aktuwal