Kastila

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• Castila — proscribed, archaic

Etymology

From Classical Malay كستيل (Kastila, “Castile, Castilian, Spaniard”), possibly either:

• Portuguese Castela (“Castile”)(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)
• Arabic قَسَاطِلَة (qasāṭila, “Castilians”), as in Arabic قَشْتَالَة (qaštāla, “Castille”) and بِلَاد الْقَسَاطِلَة (bilād al-qasāṭila, “the country of Castilians”) as per Potet (2013, 2016).

Both ultimately from Latin castella (“little forts, castles”), plural diminutive of castrum (“fort”). Cognate with Cebuano Katsila, Maranao Kastila, Maguindanao Kastila, and Tausug Kastila'. Doublet of Kastilya.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kasˈtilaʔ/ [kɐsˈt̪iː.lɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -ilaʔ
• Syllabification: Kas‧ti‧la

Noun

Kastilà (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜎ)

1. Castilian; Spanish; Spaniard

   Synonym: Espanyol

Derived terms

• Kastilaloy
• mestisong Kastila

 

Related terms

• kastilyeho
• kastilyero
• kastilyo

 

Proper noun

Kastilà (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜎ)

1. Castilian; Spanish language

   Synonyms: Espanyol, Kastelyano

Derived terms

• ipakastila
• kakasti-kastila
• kakastila
• kinakastila
• kinastila
• magkastila
• makakastila
• makipagkastila
• mangkastila
• pagkakakastila
• pagkakastila
• pagkastila
• pakastila
• pakikastila
• pakikipagkastila
• palakastila
• pangkastila
• tagakastila
• tagapagkastila

 

Adjective

Kastilà (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜎ)

1. Castilian; Spanish

   Synonyms: Espanyol, Kastelyano

Derived terms

• kastilang-kastila
• makakastila
• napakakastila
• pagkakakastila
• Pan de Kastila
• pinakakastila
• suot-Kastila

 

Further reading

• “Kastila”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 331
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2013) Arabic and Persian Loanwords in Tagalog, Lulu Press, →ISBN, pages 139-140
• “Kastela”, in SEAlang Library Malay‎^[1], 2011
• Zorc, David Paul (1981) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 2, page 81
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) A Malay-English dictionary (Romanised)‎^[2], Mytilene (Greece): Salavopoulos and Kinderlis Art - Printers, page 515
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[3], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 305: “Español) Caſtila (pp.)”
• Pinpin, Thomas (1610) “Librong Pagaaralan nang mang̃a Tagalog nang Uicang Caſtilla”, in Arte y reglas de la lengua Tagala‎^[4], Bataan: Diego Talaghay