tayom

Hanunoo

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taʀum. Doublet of tagom.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtajum/ [ˈta.jom]
  • Rhymes: -ajum
  • Syllabification: ta‧yom

Noun

tayom (Hanunoo spelling ᜦᜬᜳᜫ᜴)

  1. indigo (dye)

Further reading

  • Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 273

Kapampangan

Noun

tayom

  1. Spanish orthography spelling of tayum

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Kapampangan tayum, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taʀum. Compare Hanunoo tayom, Cebuano tagom, and Malay tarum.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈtajom/ [ˈt̪aː.jom]
  • Rhymes: -ajom
  • Syllabification: ta‧yom

Noun

tayom (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜌᜓᜋ᜔)

  1. indigo (plant) (Indigofera hirsuta)
    Synonyms: nila, tina-tinaan, anyil
  2. indigo (dye)
    Synonyms: dampol, pandampol, anyil
  3. indigo (color/colour)
    Synonym: nila
    tayom:  

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Ilocano: tayum

See also

Colors in Tagalog · kulay (layout · text)
     puti      abo, gris      itim
             pula; krimson, pulang-pula              kahel; kayumanggi              dilaw; krema
             kulay-dayap              lungti, lungtian, berde             
             turkesa              bughaw-langit, asul              bughaw, asul
             lila, biyoleta; nila, tayom              mahenta; ube, morado, haban, purpura              rosas, kalimbahin

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