dilat

Javanese

Romanization

dilat

1. Romanization of ꦢꦶꦭꦠ꧀.

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq (“tongue”) (compare to Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilat, Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilap (“to lick”)), from Proto-Austronesian *dilaq (“to lick”). Doublet of dilah, hilat, and ilat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dilat/

Noun

dilat

1. tongue

   Synonyms: ilat, jihwā, liḍah

Derived terms

• adilat
• andilati
• aṅdilat
• dinilat
• dumilat
• dumilati

 

Related terms

• alad
• dilah
• hilat
• ilat

 

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦢꦶꦭꦠ꧀ (dilat, “to lick”)

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈdilat/ [ˈdi.lɐt] (noun)
    • Rhymes: -ilat
  • IPA^(key): /diˈlat/ [dɪˈlat] (adjective)
    • Rhymes: -at
• Syllabification: di‧lat

Noun

dilat (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜎᜆ᜔)

1. opening of one's eyes

   Synonym: mulat

2. act of staring at someone (especially when angry)

   Synonyms: pandidilat, titig, tingin

Derived terms

• dilatan
• dumilat
• idilat
• madilat
• mandilat
• nakadilat
• pagdilat
• pandidilat
• pandilatan

 

Adjective

dilát (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜎᜆ᜔)

1. widely open (of one's eyes)

   Synonym: mulat

2. awake

   Synonym: gising

3. (figurative) educated; civilized

   Synonyms: edukado, sibilisado, may-pinag-aralan, mulat

Derived terms

• dilat ang mata

 

Further reading

• “dilat”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018