sumbali

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• sombali — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay sembelih (“butcher an animal”), from a metathesis of Arabic بِاسْمِ اللّٰه (bismi llāh, “in the name of God”). Compare Maranao sombali' (“chant before butchering”), Tausug sumbayꞌ (“slaughter for eating”), and Malagasy sombily (“slaughter”). See also the Islamic practice of dhabihah.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /sumˈbali/ [sʊmˈba.lɪ]
• Rhymes: -ali
• Syllabification: sum‧ba‧li

Noun

sumbali (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜋ᜔ᜊᜎᜒ) (obsolete)

1. cutting of the throat (like a pig)

   Synonym: tugis

Derived terms

• isumbali
• magsumbali
• pagsumbali
• pagsumbalihan
• pagsumbalihin
• sumbalihin
• sumumbali

 

References

• 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
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2013) Arabic and Persian Loanwords in Tagalog, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 156