tigdas
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- ticdas, ticlas — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
- tikdas — now chiefly dialectal, Marinduque
- tiklas — obsolete
- tipdas, tiplas, tipras — obsolete
Etymology
From Proto-Central Philippine *tipdas (“measles”) with dissimilation. Compare Hanunoo tipdas, Bikol Central tipdas, and Cebuano tipdas.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /tiɡˈdas/ [t̪ɪɡˈd̪as]
- Rhymes: -as
- Syllabification: tig‧das
Noun
tigdás (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜄ᜔ᜇᜐ᜔)
- measles
- Synonyms: (Batangas) tuko, sarampiyon
- (Batangas) chickenpox
- Synonyms: bulutong-tubig, bulutong-manok, tuko
Derived terms
- magkatigdas
- matigdas
- tigdas-hangin
- tigdasin
Further reading
- “tigdas”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
- “tigdas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 1288.
- Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
- Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.[2] (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot