talima

Tagalog

Etymology

Compare Malay terima (acceptance; acknowledgement); Tausug tayma' (accept; receive something) and Arabic تَعَلَّمَ (taʕallama, to learn).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /taˈlima/ [t̪ɐˈliː.mɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ima
  • Syllabification: ta‧li‧ma

Noun

talima (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎᜒᜋ)

  1. compliance; obedience (to an order, etc.)
    Synonyms: sunod, pagsunod, pagtupad, pagkumpli, pag-alinsunod

Derived terms

Further reading

  • talima”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

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