tandayag

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Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tan‧da‧yag
• IPA^(key): /tanˈdajaɡ/, [tan̪ˈd̪a.jaɡ]

Noun

tandayag

1. a snake ready to attack

Derived terms

• magtandayag

 

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Compare Cebuano tindayag. Doublet of tindayag.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tan‧da‧yag
• IPA^(key): /tanˈdajaɡ/, [tɐnˈda.jɐɡ]

Noun

tandayag (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜈ᜔ᜇᜌᜄ᜔)

1. whale (member of the genus Cetus)

   Synonyms: balyena, dambuhala

Adjective

tandayag (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜈ᜔ᜇᜌᜄ᜔)

1. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (figurative) giant; gigantic

   Synonyms: dambuhala, higante

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tan‧da‧yag
• IPA^(key): /tandaˈjaɡ/, [tɐn.dɐˈjaɡ]

Adjective

tandayág (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜈ᜔ᜇᜌᜄ᜔)

1. stiffly perpendicular

Further reading

• “tandayag” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “tandayag”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[2] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier