gorilya
Cebuano edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English gorilla. from Ancient Greek Γόριλλαι (Górillai, “a tribe of hairy women”), described by Hanno the Navigator, a Carthaginian navigator and possible visitor to the area that later became Sierra Leone.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: go‧ril‧ya
Noun edit
gorilya
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Either from the following:
- Pseudo-Hispanism, derived from English gorilla, and influenced by the pronunciation of Philippine Spanish ⟨ll⟩ (/ʎ/), as per lleísmo.
- Borrowed from archaic Spanish gorilla or gorrilla.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gorilya (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜓᜇᜒᜎ᜔ᜌ)
Further reading edit
- “gorilya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018