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Hiligaynon
Noun
hiyas
- jewel
Tagalog
Etymology
Possibly related to Malay hias (“embellishment; decorate”). Some theorize it to be from Spanish joyas, but unlikely according to Potet (2016) as it was pronounced /ˈʃoʝas/ (expected *suyas if borrowed) until around the 17th century.
Pronunciation
Noun
hiyás (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜌᜐ᜔)
- gem; precious stone
- Synonyms: mamahaling bato, hoya, galangan
- jewel
- Synonyms: alahas, hoya
- ornament; decoration
- Synonyms: palamuti, gayak, kagayakan
- person or thing precious to someone
- Synonyms: mutya, yaman, kayamanan, pinakamamahal
- (slang, dated) virginity
- Synonym: birhinidad
Derived terms
Further reading
- “hiyas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero, La Noble Villa de Pila
- page 26: “Adornar) Hiyas (pc) , camino, o algo para fieſta”
- page 27: “Adreçar) Hiyas (pc) Igleſia cõponiẽdola”
- page 327: “Galas) Hiyas (pc) del cuerpo braços muñecas o qual quier jenero de pieça que ſe trae por adorno y gala”
- page 375: “Ioyas) Hiyas (pc) quales quiera que ſean”
- Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, pages 89-90
- Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, page 58
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