pirme

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish firme (“firm”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpiɾme/ [ˈpiɾ.me]
  • Hyphenation: pir‧me

Adverb

pírme (Basahan spelling ᜉᜒᜍ᜔ᜋᜒ)

  1. always
    Synonym: danay
  2. often
    Synonyms: parati, dayaday

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish firme, from Vulgar Latin *fīrmis, from Latin firmus.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /piɾˈme/ [pɪɾˈmɛ]
  • Rhymes: -e
  • Syllabification: pir‧me

Adjective

pirmé (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜇ᜔ᜋᜒ)

  1. firm; fixed; stable
    Synonyms: nakatigil, matatag
  2. permanent
    Synonyms: permanente, palagian

Adverb

pirmé (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜇ᜔ᜋᜒ)

  1. always
    Synonyms: lagi, palagi

Noun

pirmé (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜇ᜔ᜋᜒ)

  1. act of keeping something in a fixed position
  2. (by extension) staying in one place

Derived terms

  • di-mapirme
  • ipirme
  • magpirme
  • mamirme
  • mapirme
  • nakapirme
  • pagpirme
  • pirmihan
  • pumirme
  • walang-kapirmihan

Further reading

  • “pirme”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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