dalatan
Tagalog
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Malay daratan, from darat + -an, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daʀat (“littoral sea”). Compare Ilocano darat (“sand”). By surface analysis, dalat + -an. Doublet of dagat and dayatan.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /daˈlatan/ [d̪ɐˈlaː.t̪ɐn̪]
- Rhymes: -atan
- Syllabification: da‧la‧tan
Noun
[edit]dalatan (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜎᜆᜈ᜔)
- cultivated highland (especially for rice)
- Antonym: tubigan
- land (as opposed to sea or ocean)
- Synonym: katihan
Derived terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “dalatan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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- Rhymes:Tagalog/atan
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