dayap

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Cebuano

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *dalayap. Compare Hiligaynon dalayap, Ilocano dalayap, Kapampangan dalayap, and Tagalog dayap.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: da‧yap
  • IPA(key): /ˈdajap/

Noun

dayap

  1. key lime, especially the Philippine variety (Citrus × aurantiifolia)

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *dalayap with elision of /l/. Compare Cebuano dayap, Hiligaynon dalayap, Ilocano dalayap, Kapampangan dalayap, and Pangasinan dalayap.

Pronunciation

Noun

dayap (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜌᜉ᜔)

  1. key lime, especially the Philippine variety (Citrus × aurantiifolia)
    Synonym: bilulo
  2. (western Marinduque) calamondin; calamansi (Citrus × microcarpa, ×Citrofortunella mitis)
    Synonyms: kalamansi, (chiefly western Marinduque) kalamunding, kidya, sintunis, aldonisis

Derived terms

Further reading

  • dayap”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*dalayap”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI