aldaw

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Bikol Central

An aldaw na rinetrato kan Skylab 4. (The sun photographed by Skylab 4.)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *qaljaw, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaləjaw.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔalˈdaw/,
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: al‧daw

Noun

aldáw (Basahan spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜇᜏ᜔)

  1. (astronomy) day (rotational period of a planet especially Earth)
  2. (astronomy, Daet, Partido, Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) sun
    Synonym: saldang
  3. (time) daytime
    Antonym: banggi
  4. (time) date (day in a calendar)
    Synonyms: petsa, talaan

Adjective

aldáw (Basahan spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜇᜏ᜔)

  1. (time) daytime
    Antonym: banggi

Derived terms

Ilocano

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *qaljaw, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaləjaw.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔalˈdaw/,
  • Hyphenation: al‧daw

Noun

aldaw (plural al-aldaw, Kur-itan spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜇᜏ᜔)

  1. (astronomy) day
  2. (astronomy) sun

Kapampangan

Etymology

From Proto-Central Luzon *ʔaldaw, from Proto-Philippine *qaljaw, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaləjaw.

Pronunciation

Noun

aldáw

  1. Archaic form of aldo.

Southern Catanduanes Bicolano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *qaljaw, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaləjaw.

Noun

aḽdáw

  1. (astronomy) day
  2. (astronomy) sun
  3. (time) daytime
    Antonym: banggi