diyabetes

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• dayabitis, dayabetis, diabetes
• dyabetis
• diyabetis
• jabetis — colloquial

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish diabetes, with the pronunciation influenced by English diabetes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diaˈbetes/, [d͡ʒɐˈbɛ.tɛs] (dated)

• IPA^(key): /dajaˈbitis/, [dɐ.jɐˈbi.tɪs] (English influence)

• IPA^(key): /dajaˈbetis/, [dɐ.jɐˈbɛ.tɪs] (English influence, colloquial)

• IPA^(key): /djaˈbetis/, [d͡ʒɐˈbɛ.tɪs] (colloquial)
• Hyphenation: di‧ya‧be‧tes

Noun

diyabetes (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜌᜊᜒᜆᜒᜐ᜔)

1. diabetes

Related terms

• diyabetiko

Further reading

• “diyabetes”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018