Bikol Central

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: di‧yan
  • IPA(key): /diˈan/ [ˈd͡ʒan̪]

Adverb

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diyán

  1. (location) there (away from the speaker, but close to the listener)
    Coordinate terms: duman, digdi

Javanese

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Romanization

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diyan

  1. Romanization of ꦢꦶꦪꦤ꧀

Tagalog

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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The latter half of the word is possibly iyan. See also dito, doon, niyan, nito, niyon/noon, and other Tagalog demonstrative pronouns. Compare Bikol Central diyan, Pangasinan ditan, and Western Bukidnon Manobo diyan. Meanwhile, the former half is possibly related to Malay di and Indonesian di as a likely cognate.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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diyán (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜌᜈ᜔)

  1. there (far from the speaker, but near the person addressed)

Usage notes

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  • When the preceding word ends with a vowel, ⟨w⟩, or ⟨y⟩, riyan is used instead, but is not often used in conversation. Other words with this phenomenon include dito, doon, daw, and din.

Derived terms

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See also

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Anagrams

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Western Bukidnon Manobo

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Adverb

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diyan

  1. there (away from the speaker, but close to the listener)