pandemiko

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pandémico. It is used primarily as an adjective, but it also occasionally appears as a noun through a semantic loan from English pandemic. See pandemya.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /panˈdemiko/ [pɐn̪ˌd̪ɛː.mɪˈxo]
  • Rhymes: -emiko
  • Syllabification: pan‧de‧mi‧ko

Adjective

pandémikó (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜋᜒᜃᜓ) (epidemiology)

  1. pandemic (of a disease: epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population)

Noun

pandémikó (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜋᜒᜃᜓ) (epidemiology)

  1. (uncommon) pandemic (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
    Synonym: pandemya

Further reading

  • Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 439
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