adelpa

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish adelfa, from Arabic دِفْلَى (diflā, “oleander”), from Ancient Greek δάφνη (dáphnē, “laurel”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧del‧pa
• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈdelpa/ [ʔɐˈd̪il̪.pɐ]

Noun

adelpa (Badlit spelling ᜀᜇᜒᜎ᜔ᜉ)

1. Nerium oleander; the only species in the genus Nerium; an evergreen shrub or small tree in the dogbane family Apocynaceae

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish adelfa, from Arabic دِفْلَى (diflā, “oleander”), from Ancient Greek δάφνη (dáphnē, “laurel”).

Noun

adélpa

1. oleander

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish adelfa, from Arabic دِفْلَى (diflā, “oleander”), from Ancient Greek δάφνη (dáphnē, “laurel”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈdelpa/ [ʔɐˈd̪ɛl.pɐ]
• Rhymes: -elpa
• Syllabification: a‧del‧pa

Noun

adelpa (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇᜒᜎ᜔ᜉ) (botany)

1. oleander; rosebay

See also

• baladre
• lawrel

 

Further reading

• “adelpa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• 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 11