dalatan

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay daratan, from darat +‎ -an, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daʀat (“littoral sea”). Compare Ilocano darat (“sand”). By surface analysis, dalat +‎ -an. Doublet of dagat.

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /daˈlatan/ [dɐˈla.tɐn]
  • Rhymes: -atan
  • Syllabification: da‧la‧tan

Noun

dalatan (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜎᜆᜈ᜔)

  1. cultivated highland (especially for rice)
    Antonym: tubigan
  2. land (as opposed to sea or ocean)
    Synonym: katihan

Derived terms
  • dalatanin
  • magdadalatan
  • magdalatan

Further reading
  • “dalatan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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