diyona

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• diona, diyuna

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /diˈona/ [ˈd͡ʒoː.n̪ɐ]
  • IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /diˈona/ [ˈd̪joː.n̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ona
• Syllabification: di‧yo‧na

Noun

diyona (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜌᜓᜈ)

1. (music) folk song during weddings or drinking parties
2. (literature) ancient poem with three lines and seven-metered stanzas, and recited or sung at weddings

See also

• awit
• balayang
• talingdaw

 

Further reading

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