aldaw

See also: adlaw

Buhi'non Bikol

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *qaljaw, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaləjaw.

Noun

aldaw

1. day (rotational period of a planet especially Earth)
2. sun

Central Bikol

An aldaw na rinetrato kan Skylab 4. (The sun photographed by Skylab 4.)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *qaljaw, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaləjaw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔalˈdaw/ [ʔal̪ˈd̪aʊ̯]

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• Hyphenation: al‧daw

Noun

aldáw (Basahan spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜇᜏ᜔)

1. (astronomy) day (rotational period of a planet especially Earth)
2. (astronomy, Daet, Partido, Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) sun

   Synonym: saldang

3. (time) daytime

   Antonym: banggi

4. (time) date (day in a calendar)

   Synonyms: petsa, talaan

Adjective

aldáw (Basahan spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜇᜏ᜔)

1. (time) daytime

   Antonym: banggi

Derived terms

• aldawan
• aro-aldaw
• bungang-aldaw
• kaaldawan
• maaldaw
• maaldawan
• mag-aldaw
• paaldaw

See also

• bulan
• semana

Hanunoo

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *qaljaw, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaləjaw. Compare Kapampangan aldaw, Tagalog araw, Central Bikol aldaw, and Cebuano adlaw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔaldaw/ [ˈʔɐl.dɐw]
• Rhymes: -aldaw
• Syllabification: al‧daw

Noun

aldaw (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜮ᜴ᜧᜯ᜴)

1. tomorrow

Derived terms

• kaaldaw

See also

• init
• sirang

Further reading

• Conklin, Harold C. (1953), Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 25
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qalejaw”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Ilocano

Alternative forms

• aldao — obsolete
• araw

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *qaljaw, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaləjaw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔalˈdaw/ [ʔɐlˈdaʊ̯]
• Hyphenation: al‧daw

Noun

aldaw (plural al-aldaw, Kur-itan spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜇᜏ᜔) (astronomy)

1. day
2. sun

Conjugation

Possessive forms of aldaw

	singular	plural/distributive
1st singular	aldawko	al-aldawko
2nd singular	aldawmo	al-aldawmo
3rd singular	aldawna	al-aldawna
1st dual	aldawta	al-aldawta
1st plural exclusive	aldawmi	al-aldawmi
1st plural inclusive	aldawtayo	al-aldawtayo
2nd plural	aldawyo	al-aldawyo
3rd plural	aldawda	al-aldawda

Kapampangan

Etymology

From Proto-Central Luzon *ʔaldaw, from Proto-Philippine *qaljaw, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaləjaw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əlˈdaw/ [əlˈdaʊ̯]

Noun

aldáw

1. archaic form of aldo

Southern Catanduanes Bikol

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *qaljaw, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaləjaw.

Noun

aḽdáw

1. (astronomy) day
2. (astronomy) sun
3. (time) daytime

   Antonym: banggi