abaloryo

Sambali

Etymology

  • Borrowed from Spanish abalorio, borrowed from Arabic بِلَّوْرِيّ (billawriyy, crystalline), from بِلَّوْر (billawr) + ـِيّ (-iyy).

    Noun

    abaloryo

    1. bead

    Tagalog

    Etymology

  • 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]
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    • Rhymes: -oɾjo
    • Syllabification: a‧ba‧lor‧yo

    Noun

    abaloryo (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜎᜓᜇ᜔ᜌᜓ)

    1. decorative glass bead (on a dress, handbags, etc.)
      Synonym: manik
    2. (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