dalahira

Tagalog

Etymology

Compare Kapampangan dalaira.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /dalaˈhiɾaʔ/ [d̪ɐ.lɐˈhiː.ɾɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -iɾaʔ
• Syllabification: da‧la‧hi‧ra

Adjective

dalahirà (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜎᜑᜒᜇ)

1. gossipy; chatty; blabbermouthed (of a woman)

   Synonyms: masatsat, madaldal, matsismis, tsismosa, satsatera, daldalera, tsismosa

2. sexually provocative; promiscuous; free and easy (of a woman)

   Synonyms: malandi, talandi, malimbang, balihanda, landi, kiri, hitad

Derived terms

• dalahirain
• dumalahira
• kadalahiraan
• magdalahira
• mandalahira
• mapadalahira
• pagdalahira

 

See also

• maalembong

Noun

dalahirà (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜎᜑᜒᜇ)

1. female gossiper; female newsmonger

   Synonyms: tsismosa, daldalera, satsatera

Further reading

• “dalahira”, 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