dalaginding
Cebuano edit
Etymology edit
From Blend of dalaga (“young mature woman”) + inday (“young girl”) + -ing (“diminutive suffix”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dalagindíng
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
From dalaginday + -ing (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /dalaɡinˈdiŋ/, [dɐ.lɐ.ɣɪnˈdiŋ]
- Rhymes: -iŋ
- Syllabification: da‧la‧gin‧ding
Noun edit
dalagindíng (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜎᜄᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜅ᜔) (colloquial)
- very young girl; very young maiden
- Synonyms: dalaginday, dalagita
- (potentially, offensive) effeminate young man
Further reading edit
- “dalaginding”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018