tagilaiw

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• tagilay-iu, taguilayiu — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• tagilayiw, tagilay-iw

Etymology

From laiw.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /taɡiˈlaʔiw/ [t̪ɐ.ɣɪˈlaː.ʔiʊ̯]
• Rhymes: -aʔiw
• Syllabification: ta‧gi‧la‧iw

Noun

tagilaiw (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜄᜒᜎᜁᜏ᜔) (psychology, obsolete)

1. mental illness caused by loneliness that a person may become partially insane upon waking up

See also

• pamamanglaw
• pangungulila

 

Further reading

• “laiw” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “tagilayiw”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 596
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[2] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier