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Cebuano
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish adelfa, from Arabic دِفْلَى (diflā, “oleander”), from Ancient Greek δάφνη (dáphnē, “laurel”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: a‧del‧pa
- IPA(key): /ʔaˈdelpa/
Noun
adelpa (Badlit spelling ᜀᜇᜒᜎ᜔ᜉ)
- Nerium oleander; the only species in the genus Nerium; an evergreen shrub or small tree in the dogbane family Apocynaceae
Hiligaynon
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish adelfa, from Arabic دِفْلَى (diflā, “oleander”), from Ancient Greek δάφνη (dáphnē, “laurel”).
Noun
adélpa
- oleander
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish adelfa, from Arabic دِفْلَى (diflā, “oleander”), from Ancient Greek δάφνη (dáphnē, “laurel”).
Pronunciation
Noun
adelpa (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇᜒᜎ᜔ᜉ) (botany)
- oleander; rosebay
See also
Further reading
- “adelpa”, 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 11