linis

Latin

Noun

līnīs

1. dative/ablative plural of līnum

Tagalog

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *linis (“clean”). Compare Central Bikol linig and Pangasinan linis.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈlinis/ [ˈliː.n̪ɪs], (colloquial) /ˈlines/ [ˈliː.n̪ɛs] (noun)
    • Rhymes: -inis
  • IPA^(key): /liˈnis/ [lɪˈn̪ɪs], (colloquial) /liˈnes/ [lɪˈn̪ɛs] (adjective)
    • Rhymes: -is
• Syllabification: li‧nis

Noun

linis (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜈᜒᜐ᜔)

1. cleanliness; cleanness

   Antonyms: dumi, kalat

2. cleaning

   Synonym: paglilinis

Derived terms

• anlinis
• ipaglinis
• ipalinis
• kalinis-linisan
• kalinisan
• linisin
• linisin ang pangalan
• luminis
• maglinis
• magmalinis
• magpalinis
• malinis
• pagkamalinis
• paglilinis
• pagpapakalinis
• palinisin
• panlinis
• tagalinis
• tagapaglinis

See also

• ayos
• dayag
• imis

Adjective

linís (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜈᜒᜐ᜔)

1. cleaned of garbage, dirt, etc. (of a place)
2. (accounting) net

Derived terms

• linis na kita

Further reading

• “linis”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018