kalilya

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• kanilya

Etymology

Either of the following:

• Contraction of kandililya, from now obsolete Spanish candelilla (“bougie; catheter; flexible instrument for exploring and healing the urinary tract”, literally “little candle”), according to Panganiban (1973).
• Borrowed from Spanish canilla with sound shift from /n/ to /l/, from Latin cannella, diminutive of canna (“cane”), according to Cuadrado Muñiz (1972). Possible doublet of kanela.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kaˈlilja/ [kɐˈliːl.jɐ]
• Rhymes: -ilja
• Syllabification: ka‧lil‧ya

Noun

kalilya (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜒᜎ᜔ᜌ) (medicine)

1. catheter

   Synonyms: katiter, kandililya

See also

• kandila
• kanilyado

 

Further reading

• “kalilya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 229
• 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 107