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Cebuano
Etymology
From Sanskrit मुत्य (mutya, “pearl”). Compare Malay mutiara.[1]
First attested in Antonio Pigafetta's Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo—detailing the first circumnavigation of the world between 1519 and 1522.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: mut‧ya
- IPA(key): /ˈmutjaʔ/
Noun
mutyà (Badlit spelling ᜋᜓᜆ᜔ᜌ)
- pearl
- precious gem with magical properties
- (figurative) something precious or valued highly
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:mutya.
References
- ^ Jose G. Kuizon (1964) The Sanskrit Loan-Words in the Cebuano-Bisayan Language, Cebu City: University of San Carlos, page 121
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit मुत्य (mutya, “pearl”). Compare Malay mutiara.
Pronunciation
Noun
mutyâ (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜆ᜔ᜌ)
- preciousness
- darling; beloved
- talisman; amulet
- (dated) pearl
- Synonyms: perlas, mutika
- (obsolete) small stone valued as a jewel; grows on coconut, lemon, or similar objects, and is also said to be found on the heads of other birds
Derived terms
Further reading
- “mutya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
- Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte. (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot
- 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 482: “Piedra) Mutya (pc) preçioſa y de balor dauanla las catalonas y hechiçeras a eſtos que las trujeſen para no poder ſer heridos ni muertos (necedad)”
- Coconut pearl on Wikipedia.Wikipedia