kumusta

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: kumusta
• IPA^(key): /kumusˈta/ [ku.musˈta]

Adverb

kumustá (Basahan spelling ᜃᜓᜋᜓᜐ᜔ᜆ)

1. Alternative spelling of komusta

Noun

kumustá (Basahan spelling ᜃᜓᜋᜓᜐ᜔ᜆ)

1. Alternative spelling of komusta

Interjection

kumustá (Basahan spelling ᜃᜓᜋᜓᜐ᜔ᜆ)

1. Alternative spelling of komusta

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• musta
• 'musta

Etymology

Homophonic translation of Spanish cómo está.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ku‧mus‧ta
• IPA^(key): /kumusˈta/ [kʊ.mʊs̪ˈt̪a]

Interjection

kumusta

1. hello
2. how are you?
3. used to ask about the status of someone or something

Finnish

Noun

kumusta

1. elative singular of kumu

Anagrams

• katumus

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• comosta, comusta — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• kamusta
• kmsta — abbreviation, text messaging
• musta — clipping

Etymology

Derived from Spanish cómo está. Compare Ilocano kumosta, Kapampangan komusta, Bikol Central komusta, Cebuano kumusta, and Maranao komosta.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kumusˈta/ [kʊ.mʊsˈt̪a]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ku‧mus‧ta

Interjection

kumustá (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜋᜓᜐ᜔ᜆ)

1. hello

   Synonyms: oy, uy, ay, aba, hoy, halo

2. how are you?

   Synonyms: ano'ng balita, (dialectal) maano

   Uy, kumusta? Ang tagal na nating 'di nagkikita a!

   Hey, how are you? Long time no see

Adverb

kumustá (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜋᜓᜐ᜔ᜆ)

1. (interrogative) how (in what state)

   Synonym: (dialectal) maano

   Kumusta yung pagtatanghal ninyo kanina?

   How was your performance earlier?

   Kumusta ang pakiramdam mo ngayon?

   How do you feel now?

Derived terms

• ikumusta
• ipagkumusta
• kumustahan
• kumustahin
• magpakumusta
• magpakumusta
• makakumusta
• mangamusta
• pagkumustahan
• pakikipagkumusta
• pakumusta

 

See also

• kumusta ka na

Noun

kumustá (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜋᜓᜐ᜔ᜆ)

1. best regards; respects; complimentary greeting (such as expressing one's concern for another's health)

Further reading

• “kumusta”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[1], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 174: “Como eſta ) [Comoſta] (pc) C. q̃ [ya lo] diçen en Caſtilla”