di-tao

See also: ditao

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

From di- (non) +‎ tao (human; person).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˌdiʔ ˈtaʔo/ [ˌd̪ɪʔ ˈt̪aː.ʔo]
    • IPA(key): (with glottal stop elision) /ˌdi(ʔ) ˈtaʔo/ [ˌd̪iː ˈt̪aː.ʔo]
  • Rhymes: -aʔo
  • Syllabification: di-ta‧o

Noun

-tao (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜆᜂ)

  1. nonhuman

Further reading

  • Lupon sa Agham (1969), Gonsalo del Rosario, editor, Maugnaying Talasalitaang Pang-agham : Ingles-Pilipino [Correlative Word List for Sciences : English-Filipino] (overall work in English and Tagalog), Manila: National Book Store, Inc., →LCCN, →OL