disiseis

Tagalog
Tagalog numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: labing-anim
    Spanish cardinal: disiseis
    Ordinal: ikalabing-anim, panlabing-anim
    Ordinal abbreviation: ika-16, pang-16
    Adverbial: makalabing-anim
    Multiplier: labing-anim na ibayo
    Distributive: tiglabing-anim, labing-animan, labi-labing-anim
    Restrictive: lalabing-anim
    Fractional: kalabing-anim, sangkalabing-anim, ikalabing-anim, saikalabing-anim
Tagalog Wikipedia article on 16

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish dieciséis.

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog)
    • IPA(key): /disiseˈʔis/ [dɪ.sɪ.sɛˈʔis] (dated)
      • Syllabification: di‧si‧se‧is
    • IPA(key): /disisaˈʔis/ [dɪ.sɪ.sɐˈʔis]
  • Rhymes: -is

Numeral

disiseís (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜐᜒᜐᜒᜁᜐ᜔)

  1. sixteen
    Synonym: labing-anim
    • 2000, Antonio A. Hidalgo, Cockfighting Stories‎, page 96:
      Ang pangalan niya'y si Linda at disisais anyos lang siya.
      Her name is Linda and she is only sixteen years old.

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