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Romanian
Noun
dimon m (plural dimoni)
- Alternative form of demon
Declension
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Kapampangan dimun, earlier demun, from Proto-Philippine *daʀumun (“nest of animals”). Compare Ilocano dugmon, Bikol Central dugmon, Cebuano dugmon, and Malay derumun, variant of jerumbun.
Pronunciation
Noun
dimón (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜋᜓᜈ᜔)
- delivery bed of a sow made of grass, twigs or rubbish
- period after delivery in which a mother must stay in bed
Derived terms
Further reading
- “dimon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero, La Noble Villa de Pila, page 431: “Monton) Dimon (pc) de yerua que junta la puerca ꝑa parir de bajo”
- Zorc, David Paul (1982) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 3, page 123