dikyam

• dikiyam
• dikiam
• likyam — obsolete
• likiam — obsolete

Borrowed from Hokkien 李鹹 / 李咸 (lí-kiâm, “plum preserves”), with the initial pronounced as an [l̪] changed to ⟨D⟩ due to [l̪]~[d̪] allophony when the next vowel is either [i], [e], or [u] in Hokkien.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /dikˈjam/ [d̪ɪkˈjam]
• Rhymes: -am
• Syllabification: dik‧yam

dikyám (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜃ᜔ᜌᜋ᜔)

1. plum preserves

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• Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980) “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics, volume B, number 71 (PDF), Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 135
• Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “D.”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, With the Principal Variations of the Chang-chew and Chin-chew Dialects. (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 99; New Edition, With Corrections by the Author., Thomas Barclay, Lîm Iàn-sîn 林燕臣, London: Publishing Office of the Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 99
• Van der Loon, Piet (1967) “The Manila Incunabula and Early Hokkien Studies, Part 2”, in Asia Major (New Series)‎^[1], volume 13, page 113