dahan

See also: Dahan and dàhàn

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: da‧han

Verb

dahan

1. to worsen

Chichicapan Zapotec

Noun

dahan

1. mountain, ridge, peak

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay dahan, from Proto-Malayic *dahan (compare Malay dahan), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daqan (compare Kiput din).

Noun

dahan (first-person possessive dahanku, second-person possessive dahanmu, third-person possessive dahannya)

1. branch (woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing)

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *dahan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daqan (“branch, bough”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dahan/
• Rhymes: -ahan, -han, -an

Noun

dahan (Jawi spelling داهن, plural dahan-dahan, informal 1st possessive dahanku, 2nd possessive dahanmu, 3rd possessive dahannya)

1. branch (woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing)

   Synonym: cabang

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• berdahan [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Descendants

• Indonesian: dahan

Further reading

• “dahan” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• rahan — dialectal, Rizal, informal

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈdahan/, [ˈda.hɐn]
• Rhymes: -ahan
• Syllabification: da‧han

Noun

dahan (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜑᜈ᜔)

1. slowness; moderation (of movement or action)

   Synonyms: bagal, kabagalan, hina, kahinaan

2. softness; lowness (of voice)

   Synonyms: hina, kahinaan

3. carefulness; caution

   Synonyms: ingat, kaingatan

4. control; moderation (as in drinking, etc.)
5. control (of one's temper)

Derived terms

• ang lakad na marahan, matinik ma'y mababaw
• dahan-dahan
• dahan-dahanin
• dahanan
• kadahanan
• marahan
• pagkamarahan

 

Further reading

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