mababang kapulungan

Tagalog

Etymology

Compound of mababa +‎ kapulungan, a calque of Spanish cámara baja.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /maˌbabaŋ kapuluˈŋan/ [mɐˌbaː.bɐŋ kɐ.pʊ.lʊˈŋan̪]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: ma‧ba‧bang ka‧pu‧lu‧ngan

Noun

mababang kapulungán (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜊᜊᜅ᜔ ᜃᜉᜓᜎᜓᜅᜈ᜔)

1. lower house

   Antonym: mataas na kapulungan

2. (strictly) House of Representatives of the Philippines

   Synonyms: Kamara, Kamara de Representantes, Kapulungan ng mga Kinatawan

Further reading

• “mababang kapulungan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• mababang kapulungan on the Tagalog Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^tl