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Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Malay perisai (“shield”), from Tamil பரிசை (paricai, “shield”).
Pronunciation
Noun
palisay (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜒᜐᜌ᜔) (obsolete)
- buckler-like armament used in folk dances of warlike type
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- “palisay”, 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
- 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 122: “Broquel) Paliſay (pp) es redondo vſaſe en danzas”