dalub-

Tagalog

Etymology

Etymology tree
Old Javanese juru
Javanese ꦗꦸꦫꦸ (juru)bor.
Malay juru-
Sanskrit भाष् (bhāṣ)
Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā)bor.
Malay bahasa
Malay jurubahasabor.
Tagalog dalubhasaclip.
Tagalog dalub-

    Clipping of dalubhasa.

    Pronunciation

    • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /daˈlub/ [d̪ɐˈlʊb̚]
    • Syllabification: da‧lub-

    Prefix

    dalúb- (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜎᜓᜊ᜔) (neologism)

    1. to form nouns denoting a person who studies a particular discipline: -ist, -ian
      ‎dalub- + ‎wika (“language”) → ‎dalubwika (“linguist”)
      ‎dalub- + ‎hayop (“animal”) → ‎dalubhayop (“zoologist”)
    2. to make a person of something related to a much higher degree
      ‎dalub- + ‎guro (“teacher”) → ‎dalubguro (“professor”)

    Derived terms

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