daliri

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay jeriji. Compare Kapampangan taliri, Balinese ᬚ᭄ᬭᬶᬚᬶ (jriji), and Javanese ꦢꦿꦶꦗꦶ (driji).

Pronunciation

Noun

dalirì (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜎᜒᜇᜒ)

  1. (anatomy) finger
  2. (anatomy) toe
  3. part of a glove that covers each finger
  4. (colloquial) mentioning one by one
    Synonym: pag-isa-isa

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Further reading

  • daliri”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Zorc, David Paul (1982) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 3, page 112