dimon

See also: Dimon

Romanian

Noun

dimon m (plural dimoni)

1. Alternative form of demon

Declension

Declension of dimon

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) dimon	dimonul	(niște) dimoni	dimonii
genitive/dative	(unui) dimon	dimonului	(unor) dimoni	dimonilor
vocative	dimonule		dimonilor

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Kapampangan dimun, earlier demun, from Proto-Philippine *daʀumun (“nest of animals”). Compare Ilocano dugmon, Bikol Central dugmon, Cebuano dugmon, and Malay derumun, variant of jerumbun.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /diˈmon/ [d̪ɪˈmon̪]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: di‧mon

Noun

dimón (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜋᜓᜈ᜔)

1. delivery bed of a sow made of grass, twigs or rubbish
2. period after delivery in which a mother must stay in bed

Derived terms

• dimunan
• dimunin
• ipagdimon
• magdimon
• mandimon

 

Further reading

• “dimon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[1], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 431: “Monton) Dimon (pc) de yerua que junta la puerca ꝑa parir de bajo”
• Zorc, David Paul (1982) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 3, page 123