almusal

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• almosal — colloquial
• amosal — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
• amusal

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish almorzar (“to have lunch”), and underwent semantic shift from “lunch” to “breakfast”.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔalmuˈsal/ [ʔɐl.mʊˈsal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: al‧mu‧sal

Noun

almusál (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜋᜓᜐᜎ᜔)

1. breakfast

   Synonyms: agahan, (Batangas, Marinduque) pamahaw, des-ayuno

Coordinate terms

• hapunan
• meryenda
• tanghalian

Derived terms

• almusal-tanghalian
• almusalan
• almusalin
• alta
• altanghap
• mag-almusal

Related terms

• almuwerso
• segundo-almuwerso

Further reading

• “almusal”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina [Hispanicisms in Tagalog: dictionary of words of Spanish origin still used in this Philippine language], Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana [Office of Ibero-American Education], page 26