kasili

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Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kasuli. Compare Gorontalo otili.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈsili/
  • Hyphenation: ka‧si‧li

Noun

kasíli (Basahan spelling ᜃᜐᜒᜎᜒ)

  1. eel

See also

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ka‧si‧li
  • IPA(key): /kaˈsili/

Noun

kasili

  1. the Oriental darter or Indian darter (Anhinga melanogaster); a water bird of tropical South Asia and Southeast Asia
  2. the giant mottled eel (Anhinga marmorata); a species of tropical anguillid eel that is found in the Indo-Pacific and adjacent freshwater habitats

Higaonon

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kasuli.

Noun

kasili

  1. eel

Tagalog

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *kasili (“kind of water bird, the Oriental darter: Anhinga melanogaster”). Compare Ilocano kasili and Cebuano kasili.

Pronunciation

Noun

kasili (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜐᜒᜎᜒ)

  1. cormorant
  2. Oriental darter (Anhinga melanogaster)

Further reading

  • “kasili”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*kasili”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Waray-Waray

Noun

kasili

  1. water snake

Waskia

Noun

kasili

  1. snake

References

  • Corinna Handschuh, A typology of marked-S languages
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