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Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish llamado (“called”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
liyamado (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜌᜋᜇᜓ)
- preferred to win; in demand in the amount of bets (in cockfights, races, etc.)
- Antonym: dehado
- (by extension) in an superior position; in a preferred position
- Antonym: dehado
2015, Virgilio S. Almario, Pagpaplanong Wika at Filipino, archived from the original on 27 August 2018, page 12,14:Sa unang diskusyon pa lang, o sa pamamagitan ng talumpati ni Felipe R. Jose noong 13 Agosto 1934, ay Tagalog na ang liyamadong katutubong wika.- Right at the first discussions, or through Felipe R. Jose’s formal address on 13 August 1934, Tagalog had been the seeded candidate among the native languages.
Noun
liyamado (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜌᜋᜇᜓ)
- winning bet; favorite choice (of an animal in cockfights, races, etc.)
- Antonym: dehado
Further reading
- “liyamado”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018