Bikol Central edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish elefante.

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: e‧le‧pan‧te
  • IPA(key): /ʔeleˈpante/, [ʔe.l̪eˈpan̪.te]

Noun edit

elepante

  1. elephant
    Synonym: gadya

Cebuano edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish elefante.

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: e‧le‧pan‧te
  • IPA(key): /ʔeleˈpante/, [ʔɪ.l̪ɪˈpan̪.t̪ɪ]

Noun edit

elepante

  1. elephant
    Synonym: gadya
  2. Heliotropium indicum; an annual, hirsute flowering plant and common weed native to Asia
  3. the roots of this plant used in traditional medicine

Hiligaynon edit

Etymology edit

From Spanish elefante.

Noun edit

elepánte

  1. elephant

Synonyms edit

Ilocano edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish elefante.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ʔeleˈpante/, [ʔe.leˈpan.te]
  • Hyphenation: e‧le‧pan‧te

Noun edit

elepante (Kur-itan spelling ᜁᜎᜒᜉᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ)

  1. elephant
    Synonym: (obsolete) gadia

Tagalog edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish elefante.

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: e‧le‧pan‧te
  • IPA(key): /ʔeleˈpante/, [ʔɛ.lɛˈpan.tɛ]

Noun edit

elepante (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜎᜒᜉᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ)

  1. elephant
    Synonym: gadya
  2. (figurative, derogatory) big, lazy fellow

See also edit

Further reading edit

  • elepante”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Waray-Waray edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish elefante (elephant).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ʔɛlɛˈpantɛ/, [ʔɛl̪ɛˈpan̪t̪ɛ]
  • Hyphenation: e‧le‧pan‧te
  • Rhymes: -ante

Noun edit

elepante

  1. elephant