abaloryo
Sambali
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Borrowed from Spanish abalorio, borrowed from Arabic بِلَّوْرِيّ (billawriyy, “crystalline”), from بِلَّوْر (billawr) + ـِيّ (-iyy).
Noun
abaloryo
Tagalog
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Borrowed from Spanish abalorio, borrowed from Arabic بِلَّوْرِيّ (billawriyy, “crystalline”), from بِلَّوْر (billawr) + ـِيّ (-iyy). Doublet of berilo.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔabaˈloɾjo/ [ʔɐ.bɐˈloɾ.jo]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -oɾjo
- Syllabification: a‧ba‧lor‧yo
Noun
abaloryo (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜎᜓᜇ᜔ᜌᜓ)
- decorative glass bead (on a dress, handbags, etc.)
- Synonym: manik
- (ornithology) scale-feathered malkoha (Dasylophus cumingi)
Derived terms
- abaloryohan
Further reading
- “abaloryo”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
- “abaloryo”, 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 1