tadyang

Remontado Agta

Etymology

Compare Ibatan taglang, Kapampangan tagyang, Pangasinan taglang, and Tagalog tadyang.

Noun

tadyáng

  1. (anatomy) rib

Tagalog

Alternative forms

  • taryangobsolete

Etymology

Borrowed from Kapampangan taggiang with sound shift from /ɡ/ to /r/ or /d/, from Proto-Austronesian *tagəʀaŋ. Compare Ibatan taglang, and Pangasinan taglang.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /tadˈjaŋ/ [t̪ɐdˈd͡ʒaŋ]
    • IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /tadˈjaŋ/ [t̪ɐd̪ˈjaŋ]
  • Rhymes: -aŋ
  • Syllabification: tad‧yang

Noun

tadyáng (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜇ᜔ᜌᜅ᜔)

  1. (anatomy) rib
    Synonyms: kostilyas, kostado
  2. rib (cut of meat enclosing one or more rib bones)
    Synonym: kostilyas
  3. (botany) rib (main, or any of the prominent veins of a leaf)
  4. (by extension) rib (part or piece serving to shape or support something, as that of an umbrella)

Derived terms

  • magtadyangan
  • manadyang
  • tadyang-anwang

Further reading