dilawan

English

Alternative forms

• Dilawan

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog dilawan, from dilaw (“yellow”).

Noun

dilawan (plural dilawans or dilawan)

1. (Philippine politics, derogatory) A member or supporter of the Liberal Party of the Philippines or the Aquino political dynasty.
   • 2017 June 14, Mara Cepeda, “Being 'dilawan' in the Duterte-controlled House”, in Rappler‎^[1]:

     If the "dilawans" are to survive the Duterte administration, goes the thinking, perhaps being in the good graces of PDP-Laban may work in their favor in the long run.

   • 2018 February 5, Tonyo Cruz, “The costs of having a President Duterte”, in Manila Bulletin‎^[2], archived from the original on 15 June 2018:

     The Duterte regime should thank the previous Dilawan president’s Executive Order (EO) No. 201 which provides for a four-year basic pay upgrading in the bureaucracy.

   • 2018 May 22, Dodo Dulay, “‘Yellow’ propaganda on overdrive over Sereno ouster”, in The Manila Times‎^[3], archived from the original on 26 July 2018:

     In the past few days since the high court ruling came out, the “dilawan” and their minions have started crawling out of the woodwork to denounce the removal of PNoy’s anointed, calling it “the death knell for democracy” or a “drift towards authoritarianism” or some other doomsday forecast.

Synonyms

• Yellowtard

Tagalog

Etymology

From dilaw (“yellow”) +‎ -an. For senses involving the Liberal Party, see more at dilaw.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /dilaˈwan/ [d̪ɪ.lɐˈwan̪] (verb)
    • Rhymes: -an
  • IPA^(key): /diˈlawan/ [d̪ɪˈlaː.wɐn̪], /dilaˈwan/ [d̪ɪ.lɐˈwan̪] (noun, adjective)
    • Rhymes: -awan, -an
• Syllabification: di‧la‧wan

Verb

dilawán (complete dinilawan, progressive dinidilawan, contemplative didilawan, Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜎᜏᜈ᜔)

1. to be made yellow
2. to be added some turmeric (in food)

Conjugation

Verb conjugation for dilawan

Affix	Root word		Trigger
-an	law		object
Aspect				Imperative
Infinitive	Complete	Progressive	Contemplative
dilawan	dinilawan	dinidilawan inadilawan1	didilawan adilawan1	dilawi1
1 Dialectal use only.

Noun

dilawán or dilawan (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜎᜏᜈ᜔)

1. (Philippine politics, slang, sometimes derogatory) Liberal Party supporter (especially the Aquino administrations)

Derived terms

• pinklawan

 

Adjective

dilawán or dilawan (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜎᜏᜈ᜔)

1. (Philippine politics, slang, sometimes derogatory) liberal; of the Liberal Party

Anagrams

• dalawin