dalampasigan
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Tagalog[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From dalampasig + -an. Other alternate etymologies include:
- From *dalan (fossilized form of daan) + pasigan, according to Potet (2016).
- From dalawa + -m- + pasigan, according to Panganiban (1972).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /dalampaˈsiɡan/, [dɐ.lɐm.pɐˈsi.ɣɐn]
- Rhymes: -iɡan
- Syllabification: da‧lam‧pa‧si‧gan
Noun[edit]
dalampasigan (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜎᜋ᜔ᜉᜐᜒᜄᜈ᜔)
- seacoast; seashore
- Synonyms: baybay-dagat, baybayin
- beach
- Synonym: aplaya
- opposite sandy riverbanks
Further reading[edit]
- Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 135
- Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles, Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 340
- 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