gorilya

Cebuano

Etymology

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

• Hyphenation: go‧ril‧ya

Noun

gorilya

1. gorilla

Tagalog

Etymology

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

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ɡoˈɾilja/ [ɡoˈɾil.jɐ]
• Rhymes: -ilja
• Syllabification: go‧ril‧ya

Noun

gorilya (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜓᜇᜒᜎ᜔ᜌ)

1. gorilla

Further reading

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