disiseis

Tagalog

Tagalog numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: labing-anim     Spanish cardinal: disiseis     Ordinal: ikalabing-anim, panlabing-anim     Ordinal abbreviation: ika-16, pang-16     Adverbial: makalabing-anim     Multiplier: labing-anim na ibayo     Distributive: tiglabing-anim, labing-animan, labi-labing-anim     Restrictive: lalabing-anim     Fractional: kalabing-anim, sangkalabing-anim, ikalabing-anim, saikalabing-anim
Tagalog Wikipedia article on 16

Alternative forms

• disisais — common

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish dieciséis.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /disiseˈʔis/ [d̪ɪ.sɪ.sɛˈʔis] (dated)
  • IPA^(key): /disisaˈʔis/ [d̪ɪ.sɪ.sɐˈʔis]
• Rhymes: -is
• Syllabification: di‧si‧se‧is

Numeral

disiseís (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜐᜒᜐᜒᜁᜐ᜔)

1. sixteen

   Synonym: labing-anim

   • 2000, Antonio A. Hidalgo, Cockfighting Stories‎^[1], page 96:

     Ang pangalan niya'y si Linda at disisais anyos lang siya.

     Her name is Linda and she is only sixteen years old.

Related terms

• a-disiseis

 

Further reading

• “disiseis” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[2], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021