dimon
See also: Dimon
Romanian
Noun
dimon m (plural dimoni)
- alternative form of demon
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | dimon | dimonul | dimoni | dimonii | |
| genitive-dative | dimon | dimonului | dimoni | dimonilor | |
| vocative | dimonule | dimonilor | |||
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Kapampangan dimun, earlier demun, from Proto-Philippine *daʀumun (“nest of animals”). Compare Ilocano dugmon, Bikol Central dugmon, Cebuano dugmon, and Malay derumun, variant of jerumbun.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /diˈmon/ [d̪ɪˈmon̪]
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: di‧mon
Noun
dimón (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜋᜓᜈ᜔)
- delivery bed of a sow made of grass, twigs or rubbish
- period after delivery in which a mother must stay in bed
Derived terms
- dimunan
- dimunin
- ipagdimon
- magdimon
- mandimon
Further reading
- “dimon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero[1], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 431: “Monton) Dimon (pc) de yerua que junta la puerca ꝑa parir de bajo”
- Zorc, David Paul (1982) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 3, page 123