Kalilayan

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog Kalilayan.

Proper noun

Kalilayan

1. (historical) A former name of Quezon from 1591 to 1754, a province in the Philippines.
2. (historical) A former name of Unisan, a city in the Philippines.

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• Calilayan, Calilaya — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• Kalilaya
• Kaliraya — rare

Etymology

Either from the following:

• From kalilayan, from lilay (“species of palm tree with leaves used for roofing”) +‎ ka- -an, literally “place of lilay”. This is the most accepted etymology.
• From Kalaylayan (earlier spelled Calaylayan), from laylay +‎ ka- -an, possibly via monophthongization *Kalelayan but the /e/ was reinterpreted as an /i/. Some old sources use Kalaylayan and Kalilayan interchangeably to refer to the former capital of Tayabas (now Quezon). Compare Kapampangan lelayan from root lele.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kaliˈlajan/ [kɐ.lɪˈlaː.jɐn̪]
• Rhymes: -ajan
• Syllabification: Ka‧li‧la‧yan

Proper noun

Kalilayan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜒᜎᜌᜈ᜔) (historical)

1. Kalilayan (a former name of Unisan, a municipality in the Philippines)
2. Kalilayan (a former name of Quezon from 1591 to 1754, a province in the Philippines, composed mainly of the southern part of modern Quezon province)

See also

• Quezon
• Tayabas

 

Further reading

• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.‎^[1] (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot