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Bikol Central
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish semilla.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /seˈmiʎa/
- Hyphenation: se‧mi‧lya
Noun
semílya (Basahan spelling ᜐᜒᜋᜒᜎ᜔ᜌ)
- (botany) seed
- Synonyms: tulang, pisog
- (informal) sperm; semen
- Synonyms: kasit, tupga
Cebuano
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish semilla.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: se‧mil‧ya
- IPA(key): /seˈmilja/
Noun
semílya (Badlit spelling ᜐᜒᜋᜒᜎ᜔ᜌ)
- sperm; semen
- Synonym: tulos
- a fingerling; a small young fish
- Synonyms: lupoy, kugaw, bunwag
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish semilla.
Pronunciation
Noun
semilya (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜋᜒᜎ᜔ᜌ)
- sperm; semen
- Synonyms: punlay, tamod
- seed
- Synonyms: binhi, buto
- seedling
- Synonym: punla
Further reading
- “semilya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018