palisay

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay perisai (“shield”), from Tamil பரிசை (paricai, “shield”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /paˈlisaj/ [pɐˈliː.saɪ̯]
• Rhymes: -isaj
• Syllabification: pa‧li‧say

Noun

palisay (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜒᜐᜌ᜔) (obsolete)

1. buckler-like armament used in folk dances of warlike type

Derived terms

• magpalisay
• palisayin

 

See also

• kalasag

 

Further reading

• “palisay”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[2], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 122: “Broquel) Paliſay (pp) es redondo vſaſe en danzas”