daigdig
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- daygdig – obsolete, Abecedario orthography
- dayigdig, dayigrig – obsolete
Etymology
From Greater Central Philippine *daləgdəg (“thunder”), ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *dəʀdəʀ (“thunder”). Cognate with Aklanon daeugdog, Asi rayugrog, Cebuano dalugdog, Maguindanao dalendeg, and Tausug dawgdug. The current meaning comes from the ancient Tagalog belief that thunder can be heard throughout the world, hence the term sandaigdigan, now shortened as daigdig, to refer to the entire world as a single area that the sound of thunder can reach.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: da‧ig‧dig
- IPA(key): /daʔiɡˈdiɡ/, [dɐ.ʔɪɡˈdiɡ]
Noun
daigdíg (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜁᜄ᜔ᜇᜒᜄ᜔)
- world; earth
- Synonyms: mundo, sangkalupaan, sanlibutan, sandaigdigan, santinakpan, sansinukuban, sangkahilihiran, Lupa
- (figurative) sphere (of any human activity)
- Synonym: larangan
- (obsolete) soft thunder
- Synonym: kulog
Derived terms
- Bagong Daigdig
- daigdigan
- digmaang pandaigdig
- dumaigdig
- hating-daigdig
- Ikalawang Digmaang Pandaigdig
- kadaigdigan
- Lumang Daigdig
- pandaigdig
- pandaigdigan
- sandaigdigan
- Unang Digmaang Pandaigdig
See also
- hilihid
Further reading
- “daigdig”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
- Fr. Pedro de San Buena Ventura (1613), Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero, La Noble Villa de Pila, page 520: “Redondez) Dayigdig (pc) del mundo”
- Fr. Pedro de San Buena Ventura (1613), Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero, La Noble Villa de Pila, page 589: “Trueno) Dayigdig (pc) pequeño [y ſuaue]”