eskwelahan

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Noun

eskwelahan

  1. school; high school;college; university

Synonyms

Cebuano

Alternative forms

Etymology

From eskwela +‎ -an.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: es‧kwe‧la‧han
  • IPA(key): /ʔeskwelaˈhan/, [ʔɪs̪.kwɪ.l̪ʌˈhan̪]

Noun

eskwelahán

  1. school
    Synonym: tunghaan
  2. high school
    Synonym: hayskol
  3. college
    Synonyms: kaleds, kolehiyo
  4. university
    Synonym: unibersidad

Tagalog

Noun

eskwelahán

  1. Superseded, pre-2007 spelling of eskuwelahan.

Usage notes

This spelling does not follow the rule of double vowel clusters with an /i/ or /u/ as the first vowel following a double consonant (where the standard is to retain the vowel cluster and add a y or w in between). See Appendix:Tagalog spellings for details.

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