dalub-
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Tagalog
Etymology
Clipping of dalubhasa, from Malay jurubahasa, on the pattern of Malay juru-, from Javanese ꦗꦸꦫꦸ (juru), from Old Javanese juru.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /daˈlub/ [d̪ɐˈlub̚]
- Syllabification: da‧lub-
Prefix
dalúb- (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜎᜓᜊ᜔) (neologism)
- to form nouns denoting a person who studies a particular discipline: -ist, -ian
- dalub- + wika (“language”) → dalubwika (“linguist”)
- dalub- + hayop (“animal”) → dalubhayop (“zoologist”)
- to make a person of something related to a much higher degree