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Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Philippine Spanish seguidillas with metathesis, plural of seguidilla (“winged bean”). Compare Cebuano sigidilyas (“chickpea”), Waray-Waray sigidilyas (“winged bean”), and Chamorro sigidiyas (“winged bean”). Doublet of segidilya.
Alternative etymologies include Spanish cigarrillas (plural of cigarrilla), and Spanish cigarillas (plural of cigarilla). However, these words do not exist.
Pronunciation
Noun
sigarilyas (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜄᜇᜒᜎ᜔ᜌᜐ᜔)
- winged bean
- Synonyms: kalamismis, (Quezon, Marinduque) kabay
See also
Further reading
- “sigarilyas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018