alakdan

See also: Alakdan

Central Bikol

Pronunciation

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

Noun

alakdán (Basahan spelling ᜀᜎᜃ᜔ᜇᜈ᜔)

1. alternative form of alakran

Kapampangan

Alternative forms

• alacdan (Súlat Bacúlud, Ámung Sámson)

Etymology

Borrowed from Early Modern Spanish alacrán.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ələkˈdan/ [ə.ləkˈdan]
• Hyphenation: a‧lak‧dan

Noun

alakdan

1. scorpion

Pangasinan

Etymology

Borrowed from Kapampangan alakdan or from Tagalog alakdan, from Early Modern Spanish alacrán.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

alakdán

1. scorpion

Tagalog

isang alakdan

Alternative forms

• alacdan — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
• alagdan
• alakran
• anaklang

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Semitic *ʕaḳrab-

Arabic عَقْرَب (ʕaqrab)

Andalusian Arabicbor.

Old Spanish alacran

Early Modern Spanish alacránbor.

Tagalog alakdan

Borrowed from Early Modern Spanish alacrán, from Old Spanish alacran, borrowed from Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic عَقْرَب (ʕaqrab), from Proto-Semitic *ʕaḳrab-. Doublet of anaklang.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔalakˈdan/ [ʔɐ.lɐkˈd̪an̪]

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• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: a‧lak‧dan
• Homophone: Alakdan

Noun

alakdán (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜃ᜔ᜇᜈ᜔)

1. scorpion

   Synonyms: atang-atang, anaklang, (colloquial) pitumbuko, (Marinduque) iwi, utdo, eskorpiyon

Derived terms

• pakong-alagdan

Related terms

• Alakdan

Further reading

• alakdan on the Tagalog Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^tl
• “alakdan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 20

Anagrams

• kalanda