dalahira
Tagalog
Etymology
Compare Kapampangan dalaira.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: da‧la‧hi‧ra
- IPA(key): /dalaˈhiɾaʔ/, [dɐ.lɐˈhi.ɾɐʔ]
- Rhymes: -iɾaʔ
Adjective
dalahirà (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜎᜑᜒᜇ)
- gossipy; chatty; blabbermouthed
- Synonyms: masatsat, madaldal, tsismosa
- sexually provocative; promiscuous; free and easy
- Synonyms: malandi, talandi, malimbang, balihanda
Usage notes
This word is applied commonly to women.
Derived terms
- dalahirain
- dumalahira
- kadalahiraan
- magdalahira
- mandalahira
- mapadalahira
- pagdalahira
Further reading
- “dalahira” in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018.
- Fr. Juan José de Noceda; Fr. Pedro de Sanlucar (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves (in Spanish & Tagalog), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier