salapi

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Binukid

Noun

salapì

  1. money

Cebuano

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: sa‧la‧pi
  • IPA(key): /salaˈpiʔ/,

Noun

salapî

  1. cash, money
    Synonym: kuwarta

Higaonon

Noun

salapi

  1. silver

Hiligaynon

Noun

salapi

  1. cash, coin
  2. fifty centavos

Masbatenyo

Noun

salapî

  1. fifty centavo

Tagalog

Etymology

From salap (“judge's fees”) + -i, from Arabic صَرْف (ṣarf, “money exchange; change; money”) and possibly confused with Arabic أَشْرَفِيّ (ʔašrafiyy, “gold coin; ducat”), according to Potet (2013). Another etymology suggested is from Malay se- + Malay rupiah, according to Panganiban (1972).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /salaˈpiʔ/,
  • Hyphenation: sa‧la‧pi

Noun

salapî (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜉᜒ)

  1. money
    Synonyms: pera, kuwarta; see also Thesaurus:salapi
  2. currency
  3. (archaic) fifty-centavo coin
  4. (historical) tostón (coin worth four Spanish reales)

Derived terms

References

  • “salapi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2013) Arabic and Persian Loanwords in Tagalog, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 152

Waray-Waray

Noun

salapî

  1. money; cash; currency
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