asim
Appearance
Tagalog
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Central Philippine *qalsəm with elision of /l/, from Proto-Philippine *qalsəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaləsəm. Compare Kapampangan aslam, Bikol Central alsom, Aklanon aslom, Cebuano aslom, Ilocano alsem, Limos Kalinga alsom (“pomelo”), Malay asam, Maranao asem, Tausug asam (“tamarind”). The sense “sex appeal” was attributed to be popularized by Madam Auring.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈʔasim/ [ˈʔaː.sɪm]
- Rhymes: -asim
- Syllabification: a‧sim
Noun
[edit]asim (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜐᜒᜋ᜔)
- sourness
- acidity
- (figuratively, colloquial) sex appeal (especially of a woman of age)
Derived terms
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[edit]See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “asim”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qalesem”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
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- Tagalog terms inherited from Proto-Philippine
- Tagalog terms derived from Proto-Philippine
- Tagalog terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Tagalog terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Tagalog 2-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/asim
- Rhymes:Tagalog/asim/2 syllables
- Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- Tagalog colloquialisms
- tl:Taste