alakdan

See also: Alakdan

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔalakˈdan/ [ʔa.l̪akˈd̪an̪]
• Hyphenation: a‧lak‧dan

Noun

alakdán (Basahan spelling ᜀᜎᜃ᜔ᜇᜈ᜔)

1. Alternative form of alakran

Kapampangan

Alternative forms

• alacdan (Súlat Bacúlud, Ámung Sámson)

Etymology

Borrowed from Early Modern Spanish alacrán.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ələkˈdan/ [ə.ləkˈdän]
• Hyphenation: a‧lak‧dan

Noun

alakdan

1. scorpion

Pangasinan

Etymology

Borrowed from Kapampangan alakdan or from Tagalog alakdan, from Early Modern Spanish alacrán.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧lak‧dan
• IPA^(key): /alakˈdan/, [a.lakˈdan]
• Rhymes: -an

Noun

alakdán

1. scorpion

Tagalog

isang alakdan (a scorpion)

Alternative forms

• alacdan — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• anaklang

Etymology

Borrowed from Early Modern Spanish alacrán. Doublet of anaklang.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔalakˈdan/ [ʔɐ.lɐkˈd̪an̪]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: a‧lak‧dan
• Homophone: Alakdan

Noun

alakdán (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜃ᜔ᜇᜈ᜔)

1. scorpion

   Synonyms: atang-atang, anaklang, (colloquial) pitumbuko, (Marinduque) iwi, utdo

Related terms

• Alakdan

 

Further reading

• “alakdan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• alakdan on the Tagalog Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^tl

Anagrams

• kalanda