undas

See also: Undas and -undas

Latin

Noun

undās

1. accusative plural of unda

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• ondas, onras — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
• undras, ondras
• unras — dialectal, Rizal, informal

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish honras (“honors”), earlier spelled as honrras, or variant ondras, plural of honra (“honor; respect”), corrupted by /d/~/ɾ/ allophony. In Spanish pronunciation, ⟨h⟩ is silent. Ultimately from Latin honōrāre. See also honras fúnebres (“funeral honors”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔunˈdas/ [ʔʊn̪ˈd̪as]
• Rhymes: -as
• Syllabification: un‧das

Noun

undás (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜈ᜔ᜇᜐ᜔) (Christianity)

1. All Saints' Day; November 1st (with associations of visiting family's graves)

   Synonyms: Araw ng mga Banal, Todos los Santos, Araw ng mga Santo, Araw ng mga Patay

Derived terms

• mag-undas
• magpaundas
• pag-undasan

Related terms

• des-onra
• onor
• onorable
• onrado
• palabra de onor
• unda

See also

• Araw ng mga Kaluluwa

Further reading

• “undas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835), Vocabulario de la lengua Tagala, primera y segunda parte. En la primera, se pone primero el Castellano, y despues el Tagalo. Y en la segunda al contrario, que son las raíces simples con sus acentos.‎ (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: La Imprenta nueva de D. José María Dayot, por Tomás Oliva.
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎ (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag., page 356: “Honrras) Onras [(pc)] C. por los difuntos”

Anagrams

• Sudan