Tagalog edit

Etymology edit

From dila +‎ -an.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /diˈlaʔan/, [dɪˈla.ʔɐn] (verb)

  • IPA(key): /dilaˈʔan/, [dɪ.lɐˈʔan] (noun)
  • Hyphenation: di‧la‧an

Verb edit

dilaan (complete dinilaan, progressive dinidilaan, contemplative didilaan, Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜎᜀᜈ᜔)

  1. (transitive) to lick
    Synonym: himurin
    Dinidilaan ng aso ang sarili niya.
    The dog is licking itself.
  2. to stick out one's tongue at
  3. to provide a tongue on (a shoe)
  4. (music) to provide a reed on (a woodwind instrument)

Conjugation edit

Noun edit

dilaán (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜎᜀᜈ᜔)

  1. sticking out of each other's tongue at one another