See also: Alakdan

Bikol Central edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ʔalakˈdan/, [ʔa.l̪akˈd̪an̪]
  • Hyphenation: a‧lak‧dan

Noun edit

alakdán (Basahan spelling ᜀᜎᜃ᜔ᜇᜈ᜔)

  1. Alternative form of alakran

Kapampangan edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From an alteration of Spanish alacrán, from Arabic عَقْرَب (ʕaqrab, scorpion).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ələkˈdan/, [ə.ləkˈdän]
  • IPA(key): /əˈlakdən/, [əˈläːk.dən] (obsolete)
  • Hyphenation: a‧lak‧dan

Noun edit

alakdan

  1. scorpion

Pangasinan edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Kapampangan alakdan or Tagalog alakdan, from Spanish alacrán, from Arabic عَقْرَب (ʕaqrab, scorpion).

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: a‧lak‧dan
  • IPA(key): /alakˈdan/, [a.lakˈdan]
  • Rhymes: -an

Noun edit

alakdán

  1. scorpion

Tagalog edit

 
isang alakdan (a scorpion)

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Early Modern Spanish alacrán (corrupted by /d/-/r/ allophony), from Arabic عَقْرَب (ʕaqrab, scorpion). Doublet of anaklang.

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Noun edit

alakdán (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜃ᜔ᜇᜈ᜔)

  1. scorpion
    Synonyms: atang-atang, anaklang, (colloquial) pitumbuko, (Marinduque) iwi, utdo

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