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Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: tan‧da‧yag
- IPA(key): /tanˈdajaɡ/
Noun
tandayag
- a snake ready to attack
Derived terms
Tagalog
Etymology 1
Compare Cebuano tindayag. Doublet of tindayag.
Pronunciation
Noun
tandayag (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜈ᜔ᜇᜌᜄ᜔)
- whale (member of the genus Cetus)
- Synonyms: balyena, dambuhala
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Adjective
tandayág (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜈ᜔ᜇᜌᜄ᜔)
- stiffly perpendicular
Further reading
- “tandayag” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
- “tandayag”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier