sigarilyas

Tagalog

Alternative forms

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

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /siɡaˈɾiljas/ [sɪ.ɣɐˈɾil.jɐs]
  • Rhymes: -iljas
  • Syllabification: si‧ga‧ril‧yas

Noun

sigarilyas (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜄᜇᜒᜎ᜔ᜌᜐ᜔)

  1. winged bean
    Synonyms: kalamismis, (Quezon, Marinduque) kabay

See also

Further reading

  • “sigarilyas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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