almohasa
التعريفات والمعاني
== Tagalog ==
=== Alternative forms ===
almoasa
almowasa, almuwasa
almuhasa
almwasa — superseded, pre-2007
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Spanish almohaza, borrowed from Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic مِحَسَّة (miḥassa).
=== Pronunciation ===
(Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔalmoˈhasa/ [ʔɐl.moˈhaː.sɐ]
Rhymes: -asa
Syllabification: al‧mo‧ha‧sa
=== Noun ===
almohasa (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜋᜓᜑᜐ)
currycomb
Synonym: suyod
==== Derived terms ====
==== See also ====
=== Further reading ===
“almohasa”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
“almohasa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
Serrano Laktaw, Pedro (1914), Diccionario tagálog-hispano (overall work in Tagalog and Spanish), Intramuros, Manila: Ateneo de Manila., page 28
Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 26