guwardiya sibil

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Tagalog

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish guardia civil.

Pronunciation

[edit]
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ɡuˌaɾdia siˈbil/ [ˌɡwaːɾ.d͡ʒɐ sɪˈbil]
  • Rhymes: -il
  • Syllabification: gu‧war‧di‧ya si‧bil

Noun

[edit]

guwárdiyá sibíl (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜓᜏᜇ᜔ᜇᜒᜌ ᜐᜒᜊᜒᜎ᜔)

  1. (historical) civil guard (police force in colonial Philippines from the 1850s until the Philippine Revolution)