dalubhasa

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• dalabasa, dalibasa, dalubasa, dulubasa — obsolete
• dalobasa, dolobasa, dulobasa — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Etymology

Etymology tree

Old Javanese juru

Javanese ꦗꦸꦫꦸ (juru)bor.

Malay juru-

Sanskrit भाष् (bhāṣ)

Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā)bor.

Malay bahasa

Malay jurubahasabor.

Tagalog dalubhasa

Borrowed from Malay jurubahasa, from juru- (“expert; skilled workman”) + bahasa (“language”). Compare Maranao diyarobasa and Tausug julbahasa.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /dalubˈhasaʔ/ [d̪ɐ.lʊbˈhaː.sɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -asaʔ
• Syllabification: da‧lub‧ha‧sa

Noun

dalubhasà (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜎᜓᜊ᜔ᜑᜐ)

1. expert; specialist

   Synonyms: eksperto, pantas, perito, bihasa, adepto

2. (obsolete) interpreter

   Synonyms: tagasalin, tagapagsalin, interprete, traduktor

3. (obsolete) act of interpretation

   Synonyms: saysay, interpretasyon

Derived terms

• dalub-
• dalubhasaan
• dalubseguro
• dalubsining
• ipagdulubhasa
• kadalubhasaan
• magdalubhasa

Related terms

• palibhasa

Adjective

dalubhasà (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜎᜓᜊ᜔ᜑᜐ)

1. expert in; well-trained; proficient in

References

• “dalubhasa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.‎ (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎ (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 370: “Interprete ) Dolobaſa (pp) o terçera perſona por doſe hablandos q̃ noſe entienden”