dalampasigan

Tagalog

Etymology

From dalampasig +‎ -an. Other alternate etymologies include:

• From *dalan (fossilized form of daan) +‎ pasigan, according to Potet (2016).
• From Malay dalam (“inside”) +‎ pasigan, according to Zorc (1982).
• From dalawa +‎ -m- +‎ pasigan, according to Panganiban (1973).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /dalampaˈsiɡan/ [d̪ɐ.lɐm.pɐˈsiː.ɣɐn̪]
• Rhymes: -iɡan
• Syllabification: da‧lam‧pa‧si‧gan

Noun

dalampasigan (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜎᜋ᜔ᜉᜐᜒᜄᜈ᜔)

1. seacoast; seashore

   Synonyms: baybay-dagat, baybayin

2. beach

   Synonym: aplaya

3. opposite sandy riverbanks

Further reading

• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 135
• Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 340
• Zorc, David Paul (1982) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 3, page 111
• Trinidad Hermenegildo Pardo de Tavera (1887) El sanscrito en la lengua tagalog‎^[1] (in Spanish), Paris: Imprimerie de la Faculté de Médecine, A. Davy, page 28

Anagrams

• samaing-palad