kwenta

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish cuenta, from contar, from Latin computāre, present active infinitive of computō.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: kwen‧ta

Noun

kwenta

  1. A count; the result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set; a quantity counted.
  2. A sum; quantity obtained by addition or aggregation.

Verb

kwenta

  1. To count.
  2. To sum or add up.
  3. To keep count.

Synonyms

Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: kwen‧ta
  • IPA(key): /ˈkwenta/, [ˈkwɛn.tɐ]

Noun

kwenta (Baybayin spelling ᜃ᜔ᜏᜒᜈ᜔ᜆ)

  1. Superseded, pre-2007 spelling of kuwenta.

Usage notes

This spelling does not follow the rule of double vowel clusters with an /i/ or /u/ as the first vowel 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.

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.