halili

See also: Halili

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦalɪlɪ]

Participle

halili

1. animate masculine plural past active participle of halit

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Central Philippine *halili (“substitute”). Compare Cebuano halili. Possibly from a reduplication of Malay alih (“change, replace, transfer”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /haˈlili/ [hɐˈli.lɪ] (noun)
    • Rhymes: -ili
    • Homophone: Halili
  • IPA^(key): /haliˈli/ [hɐ.lɪˈli] (adjective, adverb)
    • Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: ha‧li‧li

Noun

halili (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜎᜒᜎᜒ)

1. substitute; alternate; proxy

   Synonyms: kahalili, kapalit

2. replacement; substitution

   Synonyms: palit, pagpapalit

3. successor

   Synonyms: kasunod, susesor

Derived terms

• hali-halili
• halilihan
• halinhan
• halinhinan
• humalili
• ihalili
• kahalili
• maghali-halili
• maghalili
• maghalinhinan
• magkahalili
• magkakahalili
• mahalinhinan
• paghahalili
• paghalili
• pahalili
• panghalili

 

Related terms

• Halili

 

Adjective

halilí (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜎᜒᜎᜒ)

1. working alternately (of two people)
2. used alternately (of two things)

Adverb

halilí (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜎᜒᜎᜒ)

1. alternately; one after another

Further reading

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