adya

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• adiya

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ʔadˈjaʔ/, [ʔɐˈd͡ʒaʔ]
  • IPA^(key): /ʔadˈja/, [ʔɐˈd͡ʒa]
• Rhymes: -aʔ, -a
• Syllabification: ad‧ya

Noun

adyâ or adyá (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇ᜔ᜌ)

1. protection; protective care or help
2. salvation; redemption or delivery, as from sin, danger, etc.

Derived terms

• iadya
• ipag-adya
• mag-adya

 

Further reading

• “adya” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “adya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[2] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier