diyabetes

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• dayabitis, dayabetis, diabetes
• dyabetis
• diyabetis
• jabetis — colloquial

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish diabetes, with the pronunciation influenced by English diabetes.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /diaˈbetes/ [d͡ʒɐˈbɛː.tɛs]
    • Rhymes: -etes
  • IPA^(key): (English influence) /dajaˈbitis/ [dɐ.jɐˈbiː.tɪs], (colloquial) /dajaˈbetis/ [dɐ.jɐˈbɛː.tɪs]
    • Rhymes: (English influence) -itis
  • IPA^(key): /djaˈbetis/ [d͡ʒɐˈbɛː.tɪs] (colloquial)
• Syllabification: di‧ya‧be‧tes

Noun

diyabetes (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜌᜊᜒᜆᜒᜐ᜔)

1. diabetes

Related terms

• diyabetiko

Further reading

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