dilawan

• Dilawan

Borrowed from Tagalog dilawan, from dilaw (“yellow”).

dilawan (plural dilawans or dilawan)

1. (Philippine politics, derogatory) A member or supporter of the Liberal Party of the Philippines or the Aquino political dynasty.
   • 2017 June 14, Mara Cepeda, “Being 'dilawan' in the Duterte-controlled House”, in Rappler‎^[1]:

     If the "dilawans" are to survive the Duterte administration, goes the thinking, perhaps being in the good graces of PDP-Laban may work in their favor in the long run.

   • 2018 February 5, Tonyo Cruz, “The costs of having a President Duterte”, in Manila Bulletin‎^[2], archived from the original on 15 June 2018:

     The Duterte regime should thank the previous Dilawan president’s Executive Order (EO) No. 201 which provides for a four-year basic pay upgrading in the bureaucracy.

   • 2018 May 22, Dodo Dulay, “‘Yellow’ propaganda on overdrive over Sereno ouster”, in The Manila Times‎^[3], archived from the original on 26 July 2018:

     In the past few days since the high court ruling came out, the “dilawan” and their minions have started crawling out of the woodwork to denounce the removal of PNoy’s anointed, calling it “the death knell for democracy” or a “drift towards authoritarianism” or some other doomsday forecast.

• Yellowtard

Affixation of di- +‎ lawan.

• IPA^(key): [di.la.wan]
• Hyphenation: di‧la‧wan

dilawan

1. Third-person passive of lawan.

From dilaw (“yellow”) +‎ -an. For senses involving the Liberal Party, see more at dilaw.

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /dilaˈwan/ [d̪ɪ.lɐˈwan̪] (verb)
    • Rhymes: -an
  • IPA^(key): /diˈlawan/ [d̪ɪˈlaː.wɐn̪], /dilaˈwan/ [d̪ɪ.lɐˈwan̪] (noun, adjective)
    • Rhymes: -awan, -an
• Syllabification: di‧la‧wan

dilawán (complete dinilawan, progressive dinidilawan, contemplative didilawan, Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜎᜏᜈ᜔)

1. to be made yellow
2. to be added some turmeric (in food)

dilawán or dilawan (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜎᜏᜈ᜔)

1. (Philippine politics, slang, sometimes derogatory) Liberal Party supporter (especially the Aquino administrations)

dilawán or dilawan (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜎᜏᜈ᜔)

1. (Philippine politics, slang, sometimes derogatory) liberal; of the Liberal Party

• dalawin