dibdib
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- ribrib — dialectal, Rizal, informal
Etymology
From Proto-Austronesian *dəbdəb. Compare Northern Catanduanes Bicolano dubdob, Brooke's Point Palawano debdeb, Maranao rareb, Maguindanao ladeb / laleb, and Pazeh zebezep.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /dibˈdib/ [d̪ɪbˈd̪ɪb̚], (colloquial) /dibˈdeb/ [d̪ɪbˈd̪ɛb̚]
- Rhymes: -ib
- Syllabification: dib‧dib
Noun
dibdíb (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜊ᜔ᜇᜒᜊ᜔)
- (anatomy) chest
- (anatomy, euphemistic) breast
- Synonym: suso
- breast (of fowl)
- Synonym: pitso
- (by extension) heart
- Synonym: puso
Derived terms
- dibdiban
- dibdibang trabaho
- dibdibin
- kaisang-dibdib
- kinukuribdib
- kirot ng dibdib
- kuribdib
- kuribdibin
- madibdib
- mag-isang-dibdib
- makipag-isang-dibdib
- pag-iisang-dibdib
- pakadibdibin
- pinagbuhol ang dibdib
- tibok ng dibdib
Further reading
- “dibdib”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018