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Bikol Central
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish guardia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡuˈaɾdia/,
- Hyphenation: gu‧war‧di‧ya
Noun
guwárdiya (Basahan spelling ᜄᜓᜏᜍ᜔ᜇᜒᜌ)
- guard
- Synonyms: bantay, tanod
Tagalog
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish guardia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡuˈaɾdia/,
- Rhymes: -a
- Hyphenation: gu‧war‧di‧ya
Noun
guwárdiyá (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜓᜏᜇ᜔ᜇᜒᜌ)
- guard; watcher; sentinel
- Synonyms: bantay, tanod
- (strictly) security guard
- Synonym: (slang) sikyu
- act of guarding
Derived terms
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Further reading
- “guwardiya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018