aleluya

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Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish aleluya, from Latin aleluia, from Hebrew הַלְלוּיָהּ (hal'luyáh).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: a‧le‧lu‧ya
  • IPA(key): /ʔaleˈluja/

Noun

aleluya

  1. hallelujah

Interjection

aleluya

  1. hallelujah!

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin alleluia, from Hebrew הַלְלוּיָהּ.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /aleˈluʝa/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /aleˈluʃa/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /aleˈluʒa/

  • Rhymes: -uʝa
  • Syllabification: a‧le‧lu‧ya

Interjection

aleluya

  1. hallelujah

Noun

aleluya m or f same meaning (plural aleluyas)

  1. (cry of) hallelujah

Descendants

  • → Cebuano: aleluya
  • → Tagalog: aleluya

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish aleluya, from Latin aleluia, from Hebrew הַלְלוּיָהּ (hal'luyáh).

Pronunciation

Noun

aleluya (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜒᜎᜓᜌ)

  1. hallelujah; alleluia

Interjection

aleluya! (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜒᜎᜓᜌ)

  1. hallelujah!; alleluia!

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