tayum

Kapampangan

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taʀum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /təˈjum/ [təˈjum]
  • IPA(key): /ˈtajum/ [ˈtäː.jum] (obsolete)
  • Hyphenation: ta‧yum

Noun

tayum

  1. indigo (plant)
  2. indigo (color)

Descendants

  • Tagalog: tayom
    • Ilocano: tayum

Tausug

Etymology

Compare Cebuano tuyom.

Pronunciation

  • (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA(key): /tajum/ [t̪aˈjum]
  • Rhymes: -um
  • Syllabification: ta‧yum

Noun

tayum (Sulat Sūg spelling تَيُمْ)

  1. sea urchin (of all kinds)