abli
Cebuano
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish abrir, with the L changing to R and final R omitted.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ab‧li
- IPA(key): /ʔabˈli/ [ʔɐbˈl̪i]
Adjective
ablí
Verb
ablí
- to open
- to begin (of classes, business, etc.)
- to found an enterprise
Derived terms
- ablihan
Tagalog
Alternative forms
Etymology
Early borrowing from Spanish abrir with loss of final /ɾ/ and a sound shift from /ɾ/ to /l/, from Latin aperīre. Doublet of abre, a later borrowing.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔabˈli/ [ʔɐbˈlɪ]
- Rhymes: -i
- Syllabification: ab‧li
Adjective
ablí (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊ᜔ᜎᜒ)
Derived terms
- ablihan
- mag-abli
Related terms
Noun
ablí (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊ᜔ᜎᜒ)
Further reading
- “abli”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero[1], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 8: “Abrir) Able (pc) coſa que tiene cerradura, o eſtra cerrada cõ llaue”