diyarea

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish diarrea, from Late Latin diarrhoea, from Ancient Greek διάρροια (diárrhoia, through-flowing).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /diaˈɾea/ [d͡ʒɐˈɾɛː.ɐ]
    • IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /diaˈɾea/ [d̪jɐˈɾɛː.ɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ea
  • Syllabification: di‧ya‧re‧a

Noun

diyarea (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜌᜇᜒᜌ)

  1. diarrhea
    Synonyms: pagtatae, (euphemistic) pagdudumi, bululos, talasok, tilasok, daragis, kurso, (euphemistic) pagtatapon, (obsolete) palikod

Further reading

  • Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 207