tigdas

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• ticdas, ticlas — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• tikdas — now chiefly dialectal, Marinduque
• tiklas — obsolete
• tipdas, tiplas, tipras — obsolete

Etymology

From Proto-Central Philippine *tipdas (“measles”) with dissimilation. Compare Hanunoo tipdas, Bikol Central tipdas, and Cebuano tipdas.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /tiɡˈdas/ [t̪ɪɡˈd̪as]
• Rhymes: -as
• Syllabification: tig‧das

Noun

tigdás (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜄ᜔ᜇᜐ᜔)

1. measles

   Synonyms: (Batangas) tuko, sarampiyon

2. (Batangas) chickenpox

   Synonyms: bulutong-tubig, bulutong-manok, tuko

Derived terms

• magkatigdas
• matigdas
• tigdas-hangin
• tigdasin

 

Further reading

• “tigdas”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “tigdas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 1288.
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.‎^[2] (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot