asteroyd

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English asteroid. Doublet of asteroyde.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔasteɾojd/ [ˌʔas.t̪ɛˈɾoɪ̯d̪]
• Rhymes: -asteɾojd
• Syllabification: as‧te‧royd

Noun

ásteróyd (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜇᜓᜌ᜔ᜇ᜔)

1. (astronomy) asteroid (a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star)

   Synonyms: asteroyde, (neologism) malatala

2. (zoology) asteroid; starfish; sea star

   Synonyms: bituing-dagat, isdang-bituin, kurus-kurus

Further reading

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