almohada
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== Hiligaynon ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Spanish almohada.
=== Noun ===
almoháda
cushion, pillow
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic مُخَدَّة (muḵadda), from Arabic مِخَدَّة (miḵadda, “pillow”). Cognate with Asturian almuhada (“pillow”), Aragonese almada (“pillow”), Galician and Portuguese almofada (“pillow”), Leonese almugada, olmada (“pillow”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /almoˈada/ [al.moˈa.ð̞a], (colloquial) /alˈmwada/ [alˈmwa.ð̞a]
Rhymes: -ada
Syllabification: al‧mo‧ha‧da
=== Noun ===
almohada f (plural almohadas)
pillow (soft cushion used to support the head)
==== Derived terms ====
==== Descendants ====
→ Hiligaynon: almohada
→ Paraguayan Guarani: aramboha
→ Tagalog: almowada, muhala
=== Further reading ===
“almohada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
== Tagalog ==
=== Pronunciation ===
(Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔalmoˈhada/ [ʔɐl.moˈhaː.d̪ɐ]
Rhymes: -ada
Syllabification: al‧mo‧ha‧da
=== Noun ===
almohada (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜋᜓᜑᜇ)
alternative form of almowada