kumusta
Bikol Central
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: kumusta
- IPA(key): /kumusˈta/
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- comosta, comusta – obsolete, Abecedario orthography
- kamusta
- musta – clipping
- kmsta – abbreviation, text messaging
Etymology
Derived from Spanish cómo está. Compare Ilocano kumusta, Kapampangan komusta, Bikol Central komusta, Cebuano kumusta, and Maranao komosta.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ku‧mus‧ta
- IPA(key): /kumusˈta/, [kʊ.mʊsˈta]
Interjection
kumustá (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜋᜓᜐ᜔ᜆ)
- hello
- how are you?
- Synonyms: ano'ng balita, (dialectal) maano
- Uy, kumusta? Ang tagal na nating 'di nagkikita a!
- Hey, how are you? Long time no see
Adverb
kumustá (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜋᜓᜐ᜔ᜆ)
Derived terms
- ikumusta
- ipagkumusta
- kinumusta
- kumustahin
- kumusta ka na
- magpakumusta
- makakumusta
- mangamusta
- nakumusta
- pagkumustahan
- pakikipagkumusta
- pakikumusta
- palakumusta
- pangkumusta
- tagakumusta
Further reading
- “kumusta”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
- 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 174: “Como eſta ) [Comoſta] (pc) C. q̃ [ya lo] diçen en Caſtilla”
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