abwelo

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• abuwelo — superseded, pre-2014
• aguwelo — Tondo, superseded, pre-2014
• agwelo — Tondo

Etymology

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Early Medieval Latin avia

Early Medieval Latin -ola

Early Medieval Latin aviola

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Italic *-os

Vulgar Latin -us

Vulgar Latin *aviolum

Old Spanish avuelo

Spanish abuelobor.

Tagalog abwelo

Borrowed from Spanish abuelo, from Old Spanish avuelo, from Vulgar Latin *aviolum, from Early Medieval Latin aviola + Vulgar Latin -us. See also lolo and lelong.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔabˈwelo/ [ʔɐbˈwɛː.lo]

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• Rhymes: -elo
• Syllabification: ab‧we‧lo

Noun

abwelo (feminine abwela, Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊ᜔ᜏᜒᜎᜓ) (archaic)

1. grandfather

   Synonyms: lolo, lelong, ingkong, mamay, apo, nuno, (dialectal) amama, (archaic) agwelo

Related terms

• abunkulokal