dobolyu

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English double-u, the English name of the letter W/w.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈdobolju/ [ˈdoː.bol.jʊ]
• Rhymes: -obolju
• Syllabification: do‧bol‧yu

Noun

dóbolyú (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜊᜓᜎ᜔ᜌᜓ)

1. the name of the Latin-script letter W/w, in the Filipino alphabet

   Synonym: (in the Abakada alphabet) wa

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) titik; ey, bi, si, di, i, ef, dyi, eyts, ay, dyey, key, el, em, en, enye, en dyi, o, pi, kyu, ar, es, ti, yu, vi, dobolyu, eks, way, zi

Further reading

• “dobolyu”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018