alakdan

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Bikol Central[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

alakdán (Basahan spelling ᜀᜎᜃ᜔ᜇᜈ᜔)

  1. Alternative form of alakran

Kapampangan[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From an alteration of Spanish alacrán, from Arabic عَقْرَب (ʕaqrab, scorpion).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ələkˈdan/, [ə.ləkˈdän]
  • IPA(key): /əˈlakdən/, [əˈläːk.dən] (obsolete)
  • Hyphenation: a‧lak‧dan

Noun[edit]

alakdan

  1. scorpion

Pangasinan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Kapampangan alakdan or Tagalog alakdan, from Spanish alacrán, from Arabic عَقْرَب (ʕaqrab, scorpion).

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

alakdán

  1. scorpion

Tagalog[edit]

isang alakdan (a scorpion)

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Early Modern Spanish alacrán (corrupted by /d/-/r/ allophony), from Arabic عَقْرَب (ʕaqrab, scorpion). Doublet of anaklang.

Pronunciation[edit]

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Noun[edit]

alakdán (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜃ᜔ᜇᜈ᜔)

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

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