daynosor

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English dinosaur, from Ancient Greek δεινός (deinós, “terrible, awesome, mighty, fearfully great”) + σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard, reptile”). Doublet of dinosawro.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈdajnosoɾ/ [ˌd̪aɪ̯.n̪oˈsoɾ]
  • Rhymes: -ajnosoɾ
  • Syllabification: day‧no‧sor

Noun

dáynosór (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜌ᜔ᜈᜓᜐᜓᜇ᜔)

  1. dinosaur
    Synonyms: dinosawro, (neologism) bayawak-kilabot
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