tagilaiw
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- tagilay-iu, taguilayiu — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
- tagilayiw, tagilay-iw
Etymology
From laiw.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /taɡiˈlaʔiw/ [t̪ɐ.ɣɪˈlaː.ʔɪʊ̯]
- Rhymes: -aʔiw
- Syllabification: ta‧gi‧la‧iw
Noun
tagilaiw (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜄᜒᜎᜁᜏ᜔) (psychology, obsolete)
- mental illness caused by loneliness that a person may become partially insane upon waking up
See also
- pamamanglaw
- pangungulila
Further reading
- “tagilaiw”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
- “tagilayiw”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
- Panganiban, José Villa (1973), Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 596
- Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.[1] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.