moskete

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mosquete.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: mos‧ke‧te
  • IPA(key): /mosˈkete/, [mosˈke.te]

Noun

moskete (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜐ᜔ᜃᜒᜆᜒ)

  1. musket
    Synonyms: pusil, baril

Further reading
  • Adolfo Cuadrado Muñiz (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo‎, Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana
  • 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 433: “Moſquete) Moſcqite (pp) C. ya vſan todos eſte bocablo y no baril”
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