anopeles

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish anófeles / anofeles, from New Latin Anopheles (“genus of mosquitoes”), coined by the German entomologist Johann Wilhelm Meigen (1764–1845), from Ancient Greek ἀνωφελής (anōphelḗs, “unprofitable, useless; hurtful, prejudicial”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaˈnopeles/ [ʔɐˌn̪oː.pɛˈlɛs]
  • Rhymes: -opeles
  • Syllabification: a‧no‧pe‧les

Noun

anópelés (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈᜓᜉᜒᜎᜒᜐ᜔) (entomology)

  1. anopheles

Further reading

  • Sagalongos, Felicidad Tomasa E. (1968), Diksiyunaryong Ingles-Pilipino, Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Mandaluyong: National Bookstore, →ISBN, page 19
  • Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 37
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