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Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish forma.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpoɾma/,
- Hyphenation: por‧ma
Noun
pórma (Basahan spelling ᜉᜓᜍ᜔ᜋ)
- form; contour
- shape
- Synonym: korte
Derived terms
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish forma, from Latin fōrma, from Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ). Doublet of hulma.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpoɾma/,
- Hyphenation: por‧ma
Noun
porma (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜇ᜔ᜋ)
- form; shape
- Synonyms: anyo, hugis, korte, hitsura
- form (document)
- Synonym: pormularyo
- manner; method
- Synonyms: paraan, pamamaraan
- mold; pattern
- Synonyms: molde, hulma
- format
- Synonyms: balangkas, kabuoan
- style (of one's writing or fashion)
- (colloquial) act of trying to impress someone
- (construction) formwork
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Further reading
- “porma”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018