alerhiya

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• alerhia — dated

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alergia, from German Allergie. Doublet of alerdyi.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaleɾˈhia/ [ʔɐ.lɛɾˈhiː.ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: a‧ler‧hi‧ya

Noun

alerhiya (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜒᜇ᜔ᜑᜒᜌ)

1. allergy

   Synonym: alerdyi

Further reading

• “alerhiya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 23