dalampasigan

Tagalog

Etymology

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
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /dalampaˈsiɡan/ [dɐ.lɐm.pɐˈsi.ɣɐn]
  • 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, Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 340
  • Trinidad Hermenegildo Pardo de Tavera (1887) El sanscrito en la lengua tagalog‎ (in Spanish), Paris: Imprimerie de la Faculté de Médecine, A. Davy, page 28
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