lawulta

Tagalog

Alternative forms

lauolta, lavolta – obsolete, Abecedario orthography

Etymology

Borrowed from (c. 16th-18th century) Early Modern Spanish la güerta (“the orchard”), an archaic variant of la huerta. Compare lakwatsa, lamesa, lamesita, lamyerda, and lauya. Doublet of lagwerta.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: la‧wul‧ta

IPA^(key): /lawulˈta/, [lɐ.wʊlˈta]

Noun

lawultá (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜏᜓᜎ᜔ᜆ)

(obsolete) garden for vegetables or trees; pot garden
Synonyms: halamanan, hardin, (obsolete) halaman, (obsolete) panaanan

Diligin ninyo ang lawulta.
Water the garden.

Derived terms

lawultahin
maglawulta

Further reading

Fr. Pedro de San Buena Ventura (1613), Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero, La Noble Villa de Pila
- page 337: “Guerta) Lavolta ([pc]) C. de hortaliça o arboles”
- page 358: “Huerta) Lavolta ([pc]) C. que eſta çercada o otro lugar ſembrado de verdura”
Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 320

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