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Cebuano
Etymology
From English squatter.
Pronunciation
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
Noun
iskwater (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜃ᜔ᜏᜆᜒᜇ᜔)
- Superseded, pre-2007 spelling of iskuwater.
Usage notes
- This spelling does not follow the rule of double vowel clusters with an /i/ or /u/ as the first vowel when at the start of a word or when following a double consonant (where the standard is to retain the vowel cluster and add a ⟨y⟩ or ⟨w⟩ in between). See Appendix:Tagalog spellings for details.