orkidyas

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• orkidea
• orkidya

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish orquídeas, plural of orquídea, from New Latin Orchideae, Orchidaceae, an irregular formation from Latin orchis, from Ancient Greek ὄρχις (órkhis, “orchid, testicle”). Doublet of orkid.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔoɾˈkidjas/ [ʔoɾˈkiː.d͡ʒɐs]
  • IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /ʔoɾˈkidjas/ [ʔoɾˈkid̪.jɐs]
• Rhymes: -idjas
• Syllabification: or‧kid‧yas

Noun

orkidyas (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜇ᜔ᜃᜒᜇ᜔ᜌᜐ᜔) (botany)

1. orchid (plant)

   Synonyms: dapo, orkid

Further reading

• “orkidyas”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “orkidya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 431