dimon
See also: Dimon
Romanian edit
Noun edit
dimon m (plural dimoni)
- Alternative form of demon
Declension edit
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Kapampangan dimun, from Proto-Philippine *daʀumun (“nest of animals”). Compare Ilocano dugmon, Bikol Central dugmon, Cebuano dugmon, and Malay derumun, variant of jerumbun.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dimón (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜋᜓᜈ᜔)
- delivery bed of a sow made of grass, twigs or rubbish
- period after delivery in which a mother must stay in bed
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “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