abaloryo

Sambali

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish abalorio (“glass bead”).

Noun

abaloryo

1. bead

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish abalorio (“glass bead”), from Arabic بِلَّوْرِيّ (billawriyy, “crystalline”), from بِلَّوْر (billawr, “crystal”), from Persian بلور (bilōr), from Middle Persian, from Pali veḷuriya. Compare Malay balur.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔabaˈloɾjo/, [ʔɐ.bɐˈloɾ.jo]

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• Rhymes: -oɾjo
• Syllabification: a‧ba‧lor‧yo

Noun

abaloryo (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜎᜓᜇ᜔ᜌᜓ)

1. decorative glass bead (on a dress, handbags, etc.)

   Synonym: manik

2. (ornithology) scale-feathered malkoha (Dasylophus cumingi)

Derived terms

• abaloryohan

 

Further reading

• “abaloryo” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “abaloryo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 1