antikuwerpo

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish anticuerpo, a calque of German Antikörper. By surface analysis, anti- +‎ kuwerpo.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔantikuˈeɾpo/ [ʔɐn̪.t̪ɪˈkwɛɾ.po]
  • Rhymes: -eɾpo
  • Syllabification: an‧ti‧ku‧wer‧po

Noun

antikuwerpo (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜃᜓᜏᜒᜇ᜔ᜉᜓ) (immunology)

  1. antibody

Further reading

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