abwelo

• agwelo — Tondo

Borrowed from Spanish abuelo, from Old Spanish avuelo, from Vulgar Latin *av(i)olum. See also lolo and lelong.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔabˈwelo/ [ʔɐbˈwɛː.lo]
• Rhymes: -elo
• Syllabification: ab‧we‧lo

abwelo (feminine abwela, Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊ᜔ᜏᜒᜎᜓ) (archaic)

1. grandfather

   Synonyms: lolo, lelong, ingkong, mamay, apo, nuno, (dialectal) amama, (archaic) agwelo