di-kaaya-aya

See also: di kaaya-aya

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

From di- +‎ kaaya-aya.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog)
    • IPA(key): /ˌdiʔ kaˌʔaja ˈʔaja/ [ˌd̪ɪʔ kɐˌʔaː.jɐ ˈʔaː.jɐ]
      • IPA(key): (with glottal stop elision) /ˌdi(ʔ) kaˌʔaja ˈʔaja/ [ˌd̪iː xɐˌʔaː.jɐ ˈʔaː.jɐ]
      • Rhymes: -aja
    • IPA(key): /ˌdiʔ kaˌʔajaʔ ˈʔajaʔ/ [ˌd̪ɪʔ kɐˌʔaː.jɐʔ ˈʔaː.jɐʔ]
      • IPA(key): (with glottal stop elision) /ˌdi(ʔ) kaˌʔaja(ʔ) ˈʔajaʔ/ [ˌd̪iː xɐˌʔaː.jaː ˈʔaː.jɐʔ]
      • Rhymes: -ajaʔ
  • Syllabification: di-ka‧a‧ya-a‧ya

Adjective

-kaaya-aya or -kaayà-ayà (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜃᜀᜌᜀᜌ)

  1. unpleasant; unsightly