abaloryo
Sambali edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish abalorio (“glass bead”).
Noun edit
abaloryo
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish abalorio (“glass bead”), from Arabic بِلَّوْرِيّ (billawriyy, “crystalline”), from بِلَّوْر (billawr, “crystal”), from Persian بلور (bilōr), from Middle Persian, from Pali veḷuriya. Compare Malay balur.
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔabaˈloɾjo/, [ʔɐ.bɐˈloɾ.jo]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -oɾjo
- Syllabification: a‧ba‧lor‧yo
Noun edit
abaloryo (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜎᜓᜇ᜔ᜌᜓ)
- decorative glass bead (on a dress, handbags, etc.)
- Synonym: manik
- (ornithology) scale-feathered malkoha (Dasylophus cumingi)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “abaloryo” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
- “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