salawilis

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• salauilis, salauelis, salavyles — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

Borrowed from (c. 16th-18th century) Early Modern Spanish zaragüelles, from Arabic سَرَاوِيل (sarāwīl), plural of سِرْوَال (sirwāl), possibly from Aramaic סַרְבְּלָא (sarbəlā), סַרְבַּלָא (sarbalā, “mantle; trousers”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /salaˈwilis/, [sɐ.lɐˈwi.lɪs]
• Hyphenation: sa‧la‧wi‧lis

Noun

salawilis (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜏᜒᜎᜒᜐ᜔) (obsolete)

1. bloomers; breeches; trousers

Derived terms

• magsalawilis
• pasalawilisan
• salawilisan
• salawilisin

 

See also

• salawal

 

Further reading

• “salawilis”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Daluz, Eusebio T. (1915) Filipino-English vocabulary: with practical example of Filipino and English grammars, Manila: Akademya ng Wikang Filipino, page 23.
• Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 1135.
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier, page 278
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[2], La Noble Villa de Pila
  • page 136: “Calçones) Salavyles (pp) C. veſtido ordinario deſtos naturales”
  • page 608: “Zaraguelles) Salavelis (pp) C. de paño o ſeda”
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2013) Arabic and Persian Loanwords in Tagalog, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 249