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Tagalog
Etymology
Uncertain. Compare Kapampangan sanggauali (“fake stones for finger-rings”). See also Malay sangga (“support”) and Malay wali (“guardian”).
Pronunciation
Noun
sanggawalî (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜅ᜔ᜄᜏᜎᜒ)
- fancy or imitation jewelry
- (obsolete) colored gemstone said to be of little value which is put in rings or some things made out of gold
See also
Further reading
- “sanggawali”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- “sangawali”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 883
- 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 482: “Piedra) Sangavali (pc) colorada y de poco balor que ponen [en anillos y en] algunas coſas de oro”