abaloryo

Sambali

Etymology

Etymology tree

Pali veḷuriyabor.

Middle Persian bylwl (/⁠*bēlūr⁠/)

Classical Persian بِلّور (billōr)bor.

Arabic بِلَّوْر (billawr)

Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy)

Arabic بِلَّوْرِيّ (billawriyy)bor.

Spanish abaloriobor.

Sambali abaloryo

Borrowed from Spanish abalorio, borrowed from Arabic بِلَّوْرِيّ (billawriyy, “crystalline”), from بِلَّوْر (billawr) + ـِيّ (-iyy).

Noun

abaloryo

1. bead

Tagalog

Etymology

Etymology tree

Pali veḷuriyabor.

Middle Persian bylwl (/⁠*bēlūr⁠/)

Classical Persian بِلّور (billōr)bor.

Arabic بِلَّوْر (billawr)

Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy)

Arabic بِلَّوْرِيّ (billawriyy)bor.

Spanish abaloriobor.

Tagalog abaloryo

Borrowed from Spanish abalorio, borrowed from Arabic بِلَّوْرِيّ (billawriyy, “crystalline”), from بِلَّوْر (billawr) + ـِيّ (-iyy). Doublet of berilo.

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. scale-feathered malkoha (Dasylophus cumingi)

Derived terms

• abaloryohan

Further reading

• “abaloryo”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “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