dalaginding

Cebuano

Etymology

Blend of dalaga (“young mature woman”) +‎ inday (“young girl”) +‎ -ing (“diminutive suffix”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: da‧la‧gin‧ding
• IPA^(key): /dalaˈɡindiŋ/ [d̪ɐ.l̪ɐˈɡin̪.d̪ɪŋ]

Noun

dalagínding (Badlit spelling ᜇᜎᜄᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜅ᜔)

1. young woman or lady
2. (offensive) effeminate young gay man

Tagalog

Etymology

From dalaginday +‎ -ing (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /dalaɡinˈdiŋ/ [d̪ɐ.lɐ.ɣɪn̪ˈd̪iŋ]
• Rhymes: -iŋ
• Syllabification: da‧la‧gin‧ding

Noun

dalagindíng (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜎᜄᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜅ᜔) (colloquial)

1. very young girl; very young maiden

   Synonyms: dalaginday, dalagita

2. (euphemistic, offensive, humorous) effeminate young man

Further reading

• “dalaginding”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018