pwera

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• puyra

Etymology

From Spanish fuera, from fueras, from Latin forās, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- (“door; gate”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pwe‧ra

Preposition

pwera

1. except; with the exception of

Conjunction

pwera

1. except; with the exception (that)

Verb

pwera

1. to keep away, only in the expressions pwera buyag and pwera gaba

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpweɾa/ [ˈpwɛ.ɾɐ]
• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Syllabification: pwe‧ra

Preposition

pwera (Baybayin spelling ᜉ᜔ᜏᜒᜇ)

1. Superseded, pre-2007 spelling of puwera.

Usage notes

• This spelling does not follow the rule of double vowel clusters with an /i/ or /u/ as the first vowel following a double consonant (where the standard is to retain the vowel cluster and add a ⟨y⟩ or ⟨w⟩ in between). See Appendix:Tagalog spellings for details.