dimon
See also: Dimon
Romanian
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Kapampangan dimun, from Proto-Philippine *daʀumun (“nest of animals”). Compare Ilocano dugmon, Bikol Central dugmon, Cebuano dugmon, and Malay derumun, variant of jerumbun.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /diˈmon/, [dɪˈmon]
- Hyphenation: di‧mon
Noun
dimón (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜋᜓᜈ᜔)
Derived terms
- dimunan
- dimunin
- ipagdimon
- magdimon
- mandimon
Further reading
- “dimon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero, La Noble Villa de Pila, page 431: “Monton) Dimon (pc) de yerua que junta la puerca ꝑa parir de bajo”
- Zorc, David Paul (1982) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 3, page 123
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