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Sambali
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish abalorio (“glass bead”).
Noun
abaloryo
- bead
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish abalorio (“glass bead”), from Arabic بِلَّوْرِيّ (billawriyy, “crystalline”), from بِلَّوْر (billawr, “crystal”).
Pronunciation
Noun
abaloryo (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜎᜓᜇ᜔ᜌᜓ)
- decorative glass bead (on a dress, handbags, etc.)
- Synonym: manik
- (ornithology) scale-feathered malkoha (Dasylophus cumingi)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “abaloryo”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
- “abaloryo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- 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 1