bayawak-kilabot

Tagalog

Etymology

From bayawak (“monitor lizard”) +‎ kilabot (“terror”). A calque of the components of English dinosaur, which came from Ancient Greek δεινός (deinós, “terrible, awesome, mighty, fearfully great”) + σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /baˌjawak kiˈlabot/ [bɐˌjaː.wɐk kɪˈlaː.bot̪̚]
  • Rhymes: -abot
  • Syllabification: ba‧ya‧wak-ki‧la‧bot

Noun

bayawak-kilabot (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜌᜏᜃ᜔ᜃᜒᜎᜊᜓᜆ᜔) (zoology, neologism)

  1. dinosaur
    Synonyms: dinosawro, daynosor
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