diyan

Bikol Central

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: di‧yan
  • IPA(key): /diˈan/, [ˈd͡ʒan]

Adverb

diyán

  1. (location) there (away from the speaker, but close to the listener)
    Coordinate terms: duman, digdi

Javanese

Romanization

diyan

  1. Romanization of ꦢꦶꦪꦤ꧀

Tagalog

Alternative forms
  • dian – dialectal, mostly obsolete
  • d'yan – contraction
  • dyan, dyaan – nonstandard
  • jan – Internet slang, text messaging
  • riyan – after words ending with vowels, W and Y, also dialectal, Teresa-Morong

Etymology

Compare Bikol Central diyan, Pangasinan ditan, and Western Bukidnon Manobo diyan .

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: di‧yan
  • IPA(key): /diˈan/, [ˈd͡ʒan]
  • IPA(key): /djaˈʔan/, [djɐˈʔan] (colloquial)
  • IPA(key): /diˈʔan/, [dɪˈʔan] (dialectal)

Adverb

diyán (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜌᜈ᜔)

  1. there (far from the speaker, but near the person addressed)

Usage notes
  • When the preceding word ends with a vowel, "w", or "y", riyan is used instead, but is not often used in conversation. Other words with this phenomenon include dito, doon, daw, and din.

Derived terms
  • dumiyan
  • magdiyan
  • nandiyan
  • naririyan
  • nariyan
  • pumariyan
  • pumariyan
  • tagariyan

See also
Tagalog demonstrative pronouns
Direct (ang) Indirect (ng) Oblique (sa) Locative (nasa) Existential Manner (gaya ng)
Near speaker* ari/are, iri/ire, yari** nire/niri, niyari** dine/dini nandine ere/eri, here/heri, ayri ganire/ganiri, gayari
Near speaker and listener ito nito dito, rito nandito, narito heto, eto, ayto** ganito
Near listener iyan niyan diyan, riyan nandiyan, nariyan hayan, ayan ganiyan/ganyan
Remote iyon, yaon** niyon, noon, niyaon** doon, roon nandoon, naroon hayon/hayun, ayon/ayun ganoon, garoon, gayon**
*This series, for the most part, is not used anymore by most Tagalog speakers. Instead, the pronoun in the second row are used.
**These pronouns are not commonly used in casual speech but more prevalent in literature.

Western Bukidnon Manobo

Adverb

diyan

  1. there (away from the speaker, but close to the listener)
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