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Bikol Central
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Philippine *sab(e)láy.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: sab‧lay
- IPA(key): /sabˈlaj/
Noun
sabláy
- hanging of clothes
- Synonyms: halayhay, balaybay
Derived terms
Cebuano
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Philippine *sab(e)láy.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: sab‧lay
- IPA(key): /ˈsablaj/
Verb
sablay
- to hang; to cause something to be suspended, as from a hook, hanger or the like
Hiligaynon
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Philippine *sab(e)láy.
Verb
sablay or sabláy
- to hang clothing over a chair
Tagalog
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Philippine *sab(ə)láy (“to hang, drape over something”). Compare Ibatan sabhay, Batad Ifugao habluy, Tuwali Ifugao hable, Kapampangan sable, Bikol Central sablay, Aklanon sabeay, Cebuano sablay, Maranao sablay, and Tausug sablay.
The “sash” sense is from the sablay garment used by the University of the Philippines created by six professors from UP Diliman, as inspired by the malong of Muslim Mindanao, to be worn diagonally across the chest on formal occasions, perhaps named as such due to the sense of “to hang over” in other Philippine languages like Cebuano.
Pronunciation
Adjective
sabláy (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜊ᜔ᜎᜌ᜔)
- wide of the mark; not striking the target aimed at
- Synonyms: sala, lihis, nagmintis, mumintis
Derived terms
Noun
sabláy (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜊ᜔ᜎᜌ᜔)
- miss; failure (to hit, guess, answer, etc.)
- Synonyms: mintis, pagmintis, pagmimintis, sala, pagsala, lihis, paglihis
- oblique or indirect hint; insinuation; innuendo
- hard, quick but indirect blow with the fist
- swiftness due to lightness (such as of a small boat)
- academic regalia sash worn across the chest (especially used during graduations of the University of the Philippines)
- (by extension) any garment hung over the shoulder for formal wear
- (obsolete) hit to the side (with a fist or with a weapon)
- (obsolete, by extension) act of affronting or insulting another with words as if one does not speak to the other
- (obsolete, by extension) act of saying something to another so that the person who did something would understand it
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- “sablay”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- de la Cerna, Madrileña (2017 June 24) Sablay on UP’s shoulder, Cebu Daily News
- 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 30: “Afrentar) Sablay de palabra a otro como que no habla con el”
- page 218: “Deçir) Sablay (pc) a otro algo q̃ lo entienda el q̃ lo hiço”
- page 390: “Lijero) Sablay (pc) de como nauio”
- page 560: “Soſlayo) Sablay (pc) de lança rejõ o otra coſa”