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Binukid
Noun
salay
- necklace
Cebuano
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Compare sablay.
Adjective
salay
- suspended by hanging; hung
Noun
salay
- a makeshift, self-propelled, rattan cable car
Etymology 2
Unknown.
Noun
salay
- Indian ivy-rue (Zanthoxylum rhetsa)
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Maranao
Noun
salay
- necklace
References
Tagalog
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Kapampangan salay, older form of sale (“nest”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *salaʀ (“nest”). Compare Sambali halay, Bikol Central salag, Cebuano salag, and Maranao salag.
Pronunciation
Noun
saláy or salay (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜌ᜔)
- nest (of birds, rodents, etc.)
- Synonyms: pugad, nido
- branchlet of a branch of many leaves
Etymology 2
Possibly borrowed from Malay serai, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *səray (“lemon grass: Cymbopogon spp.”). Compare Kapampangan sale (“lemongrass”) and Tausug sāy.
Pronunciation
Noun
saláy (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜌ᜔)
- lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus)
- Synonyms: tanglad, nugo
Further reading
- “salay”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*salaR”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*seray”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
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