indiyan
See also: Indiyan
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- indyan
- indian
Etymology
From English Indian (“person from India”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ín‧di‧yán
- IPA(key): /ˌʔindiˈan/, [ˌʔinˈd͡ʒan]
Adjective
índiyán
- (offensive, ethnic slur, vulgar, colloquial) characteristically not upholding one's part of an agreement.
Inflection
Degrees of indiyan
| positive | singular | plural | root | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| maindiyan | maiindiyan | indiyan | ||||
| superiority | inferiority | equality | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| comparative | mas maindiyan | mas maiindiyan | hindi gaanong maindiyan | hindi gaanong maiindiyan | kasingindiyan | |
| relative | absolute | |||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| superlative | ang pinakamaindiyan | ang pinakamaiindiyan | napakamaindiyan | napakamaiindiyan | pagkaindiyan | pagkaindiyan-indiyan |
Derived terms
- indiyanan
- indiyanin
- inindiyan
- ipa-indiyan
- kaindiyanan
- mag-indiyan
- mag-indiyanan
- magpa-indiyan
- maindiyan
- maka-indiyan
- makiindiyan
- mang-indiyan
- mapag-indiyan
- naindiyan
- napakaindiyan
- pag-indiyan
- pagka-indiyan
- pagkaka-indiyan
- pakiindiyan
- pakikipag-indiyan
- pala-indiyan
- pang-indiyan
- pinakaindiyan
- taga-indiyan
- tagapagindiyan
- umindiyan
Further reading
- “indiyan” in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018.