iskwater

== Cebuano == === Etymology === From English squatter. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: is‧kwa‧ter === Noun === iskwater a squatter a shanty town or squatter area the slum; a dilapidated neighborhood where many people live in a state of poverty (derogatory) a loud quarrelsome woman (derogatory) a person one deems uncultured == Tagalog == === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔisˈkwateɾ/ [ʔɪsˈkwaː.t̪ɛɾ] Rhymes: -ateɾ Syllabification: is‧kwa‧ter === Noun === iskwater (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜃ᜔ᜏᜆᜒᜇ᜔) superseded, pre-2007 spelling of iskuwater ==== Usage notes ==== This spelling does not follow the rule regarding double vowel clusters beginning with /i/ or /u/ as the first vowel (eg. /ia/ or /ua/), which are typically retained at the start of a word or after two consecutive consonants then inserting ⟨y⟩ or ⟨w⟩ between the vowels. See Appendix:Tagalog spellings for details.