dalubhasa

• dalabasa, dalibasa, dalubasa, dulubasa — obsolete
• dalobasa, dolobasa, dulobasa — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

From Malay juru bahasa (“interpreter”), compound of juru (“expert”) + bahasa (“language”). The second element was derived from Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā). The pronunciation was possibly conflated with hasa. Compare Maranao diyarobasa.

• Hyphenation: da‧lub‧ha‧sa
• IPA^(key): /dalubˈhasaʔ/, [dɐ.lʊbˈha.sɐʔ]

dalubhasà (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜎᜓᜊ᜔ᜑᜐ)

1. expert; specialist

   Synonyms: eksperto, pantas, perito, bihasa

2. (obsolete) interpreter

   Synonyms: tagasalin, tagapagsalin, interprete, traduktor

3. (obsolete) act of interpretation

   Synonyms: saysay, interpretasyon

dalubhasà (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜎᜓᜊ᜔ᜑᜐ)

1. expert in; well-trained; proficient in

• “dalubhasa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish & Tagalog), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎, La Noble Villa de Pila, page 370: “Interprete ) Dolobaſa (pp) o terçera perſona por doſe hablandos q̃ noſe entienden”