alakdan

See also: Alakdan

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔalakˈdan/ [ʔa.l̪akˈd̪an̪]
  • Hyphenation: a‧lak‧dan

Noun

alakdán (Basahan spelling ᜀᜎᜃ᜔ᜇᜈ᜔)

  1. alternative form of alakran

Kapampangan

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Early Modern Spanish alacrán.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ələkˈdan/ [ə.ləkˈdän]
  • Hyphenation: a‧lak‧dan

Noun

alakdan

  1. scorpion

Pangasinan

Etymology

Borrowed from Kapampangan alakdan or from Tagalog alakdan, from Early Modern Spanish alacrán.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: a‧lak‧dan
  • IPA(key): /alakˈdan/, [a.lakˈdan]
  • Rhymes: -an

Noun

alakdán

  1. scorpion

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Early Modern Spanish alacrán. Doublet of anaklang.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔalakˈdan/ [ʔɐ.lɐkˈd̪an̪]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -an
  • Syllabification: a‧lak‧dan
  • Homophone: Alakdan

Noun

alakdán (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜃ᜔ᜇᜈ᜔)

  1. scorpion
    Synonyms: atang-atang, anaklang, (colloquial) pitumbuko, (Marinduque) iwi, utdo, eskorpiyon

Derived terms

Further reading

  • alakdan on the Tagalog Wikipedia.Wikipedia tl
  • alakdan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 20

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