pakialam
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- pakielam — informal
- pangialam
- paquialam — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /pakiʔaˈlam/ [pɐ.xɪ.ʔɐˈlam]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -am
- Syllabification: pa‧ki‧a‧lam
Noun
pakialám (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜃᜒᜀᜎᜋ᜔)
- care; concern; sympathy
- May pakialam ako sa'yo dahil kaibigan kita.
- I have concern for you because you're my friend.
- right to encourage or pressure someone to do something
- meddling; interference
- Synonyms: sawsaw, (dialectal) kurawraw
- Ang kapal minsan ng pagpapakialam ng mga korporasyon sa news natin.
- The meddling of corporations on our news can be shrewd.
Derived terms
- paki
- pakialaman
- pakialamera
- pakialamero
Related terms
- makialam
- mangialam
Further reading
- “pakialam”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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