dalahira

Tagalog

Etymology

Compare Kapampangan dalaira.

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /dalaˈhiɾaʔ/ [dɐ.lɐˈhi.ɾɐʔ]
Rhymes: -iɾaʔ
Syllabification: da‧la‧hi‧ra

Adjective

dalahirà (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜎᜑᜒᜇ)

gossipy; chatty; blabbermouthed (of a woman)
Synonyms: masatsat, madaldal, matsismis, tsismosa, satsatera, daldalera, tsismosa
sexually provocative; promiscuous; free and easy (of a woman)
Synonyms: malandi, talandi, malimbang, balihanda, landi, kiri

Derived terms

dalahirain
dumalahira
kadalahiraan
magdalahira
mandalahira
mapadalahira
pagdalahira

See also

maalembong

Noun

dalahirà (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜎᜑᜒᜇ)

female gossiper; female newsmonger
Synonyms: tsismosa, daldalera, satsatera

Further reading

“dalahira”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier

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