alimuom
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Tagalog
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably affixed with Proto-Austronesian *qali-.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaliˈmuʔom/ [ʔɐ.lɪˈmuː.ʔom], /ʔalimuˈʔom/ [ʔɐ.lɪ.mʊˈʔom]
- Rhymes: -uʔom, -om
- Syllabification: a‧li‧mu‧om
Noun
[edit]alimuom or alimuóm (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜒᜋᜓᜂᜋ᜔)
- vapor rising from the ground after a light rain; petrichor after a shower
- Synonym: singaw
- 2004, Rio Alma, Estremelenggoles:
- Anong bagong alimuom ang nasagap mo, Tulume?
Anong bagong alimuom ang nasagap mo sa kalye?- What kind of new petrichor did you inhale, Tulume?
What kind of new petrichor did you inhale at the street?
- What kind of new petrichor did you inhale, Tulume?
- (figurative) rumor; gossip
- (figurative) resentment; hard feelings
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “alimuom”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Categories:
- Tagalog terms derived from Proto-Austronesian
- Tagalog 4-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/uʔom
- Rhymes:Tagalog/uʔom/4 syllables
- Rhymes:Tagalog/om
- Rhymes:Tagalog/om/4 syllables
- Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation
- Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- Tagalog terms with quotations