salawal

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• salaual, saloual — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• salowal — obsolete
• saluwal, salwal, sawal

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay seluar (“pants”), from Persian شلوار (šalvār, “pants”). Compare Pangasinan sanual, Bikol Central sarawal, and Tausug sawwal.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /salaˈwal/ [sɐ.lɐˈwal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: sa‧la‧wal

Noun

salawál (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜏᜎ᜔)

1. underpants

   Synonym: kalson

   • 1992, National Mid-week:

     Isang batang babae ang may nakalambitin sa likuran na batang paslit, mag-iisang taong gulang pa lang yata at walang salawal. Lumingon ang paslit. Kinawayan namin.

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2. trousers; pants; pantaloons

   Synonym: pantalon

3. (dialectal) shorts
4. (historical) precolonial dhoti-like male garment

Derived terms

• magsalawal
• pagsasalawal
• salawalan
• salawalin

 

See also

• kalsonsilyo
• panti
• salawilis

 

Further reading

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