disin

See also: dışın

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• disen

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish dicen, third-person plural present indicative of decir.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈdisin/ [ˈdi.sɪn]
• Rhymes: -isin
• Syllabification: di‧sin

Particle

disin (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜐᜒᜈ᜔) (obsolete)

1. indicates something said by another person or group: so they say; according to people; according to an aforementioned person

   Synonyms: daw, kuno, dikuno, umano, diumano

   Nalunod disin sa ilog.

   They say he drowned in the river.

References

• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[1], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 253: “Diçen) Diſin [(pp)]”