alakdan
See also: Alakdan
Bikol Central
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: a‧lak‧dan
- IPA(key): /ʔalakˈdan/
Noun
alakdán
- Alternative form of alakran.
Kapampangan
Alternative forms
- alacdan (Súlat Bacúlud, Ámung Sámson)
Etymology
From an alteration of Spanish alacrán, from Arabic عَقْرَب (ʿaqrab, “scorpion”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: a‧lak‧dan
- IPA(key): /ələkˈdan/, [ə.ləkˈdän]
- IPA(key): /əˈlakdən/, [əˈläːk.dən] (obsolete)
Noun
alakdan
- scorpion
Pangasinan
Etymology
Borrowed from Kapampangan alakdan or Tagalog alakdan, from Spanish alacrán, from Arabic عَقْرَب (ʿaqrab, “scorpion”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: a‧lak‧dan
- IPA(key): /alakˈdan/, [a.lakˈdan]
- Rhymes: -an
Noun
alakdán
- scorpion
Tagalog
isang alakdan (a scorpion)
Alternative forms
- anaklang
- alacdan – obsolete, Abecedario spelling
Etymology
Borrowed from Early Modern Spanish alacrán (corrupted by d-r allophony), from Arabic عَقْرَب (ʿaqrab, “scorpion”). Doublet of anaklang.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: a‧lak‧dan
- IPA(key): /ʔalakˈdan/, [ʔɐ.lɐkˈdan]
Noun
alakdán (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜃ᜔ᜇᜈ᜔)
- scorpion
- Synonyms: atang-atang, (colloquial) pitumbuko, (Marinduque) iwi, utdo
Related terms
- Alakdan
Further reading
- “alakdan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
alakdan on the Tagalog Wikipedia.Wikipedia tl