adya

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• adiya

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔadˈjaʔ/ [ʔɐˈd͡ʒaʔ], /ʔadˈja/ [ʔɐˈd͡ʒa]
  • IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /ʔadˈjaʔ/ [ʔɐd̪ˈjaʔ], (no yod coalescence) /ʔadˈja/ [ʔɐd̪ˈja]
• Rhymes: -aʔ, -a
• Syllabification: ad‧ya

Noun

adyâ or adyá (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇ᜔ᜌ)

1. protection; protective care or help
2. salvation; redemption or delivery, as from sin, danger, etc.

Derived terms

• iadya
• ipag-adya
• mag-adya

Further reading

• “adya”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “adya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier

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