satol

Maguindanao

Etymology

From Malay catur (“chess”), from Sanskrit चतुरङ्ग (caturaṅga, “chess”, literally “four-limbed (army)”). Compare Tagalog satol, Tausug sattul and Maranao sator.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sa‧tol

Noun

satol

1. chess; checkers

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay catur (“chess”), from Sanskrit चतुरङ्ग (caturaṅga, “a kind of chess”, literally “four-limbed (army)”). Compare Maguindanao satol, Maranao sator and Tausug sattul. Doublet of ahedres.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /saˈtol/ [sɐˈt̪ol]
    • Rhymes: -ol
  • IPA^(key): /ˈsatol/ [ˈsaː.t̪ol] (obsolete)
• Syllabification: sa‧tol

Noun

satól (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜆᜓᜎ᜔) (obsolete)

1. chess; checkers

Derived terms

• magsatol

 

Related terms

• ahedres
• kuwatro

 

See also

• dama
• tses

 

Further reading

• “satol”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 1164.
• 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 38: “Ajedrez) Satol (pp) pieças con que juegan alas damas”
  • page 46: “[Aljedrez]) Satol (pp) de jugar alas damas”
  • page 587: “Trebejos) Satol (pp) del juego de damas”
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 297

Anagrams

• salot, olats, talos