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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)
- (anatomy) finger
- Synonym: dedo
- (anatomy) toe
- part of a glove that covers each finger
- (colloquial) mentioning one by one
- Synonym: pag-isa-isa
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- “daliri”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Zorc, David Paul (1982) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 3, page 112