orkidya

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• orkidea
• orkidyas

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish orquídea, from New Latin Orchideae, Orchidaceae, an irregular formation from Latin orchis, from Ancient Greek ὄρχις (órkhis, “orchid, testicle”). Doublet of orkid.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔoɾˈkidja/ [ʔoɾˈkiː.d͡ʒɐ]
• Rhymes: -idja
• Syllabification: or‧kid‧ya

Noun

orkidya (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜇ᜔ᜃᜒᜇ᜔ᜌ) (botany)

1. orchid (plant)

   Synonyms: dapo, orkid

Further reading

• “orkidya” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “orkidya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 431