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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
- key lime, especially the Philippine variety (Citrus × aurantiifolia)
Tagalog
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)
- key lime, especially the Philippine variety (Citrus × aurantiifolia)
- Synonym: bilulo
- (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