disin

See also: dışın

Tagalog

Alternative forms

disen

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish dicen, third-person plural present indicative of decir.

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈdisin/ [ˈdi.sɪn]
Rhymes: -isin
Syllabification: di‧sin

Particle

disin (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜐᜒᜈ᜔) (obsolete)

indicates something said by another person or group: so they say; according to people; according to an aforementioned person
Synonyms: daw, kuno, dikuno, umano, diumano

Nalunod disin sa ilog.
They say he drowned in the river.

References

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 253: “Diçen) Diſin [(pp)]”

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