lalim

Indonesian

Noun

lalim (plural lalim-lalim)

  1. zalim

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *daləm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daləm, from Proto-Austronesian *daləm (“in, inside; deep”). Compare Ilocano dalem, Kapampangan lalam, Bikol Central rarom, Cebuano lalom, Maranao dalem, Tausug lawm, and Malay dalam.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈlalim/ [ˈlaː.lɪm]
  • Rhymes: -alim
  • Syllabification: la‧lim

Noun

lalim (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜎᜒᜋ᜔)

  1. depth; deepness
    Synonyms: kalaliman, pagkamalalim
  2. (figurative) profundity; deepness of thought
  3. difficulty to understand
  4. lateness (especially at night)

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “lalim”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*dalem”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
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