nilay

See also: Nilay

Tagalog

Etymology

Possibly from Malay nilai (“evaluation, valuation”), from Tamil நிலை (nilai, “character, quality, nature”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈnilaj/ [ˈn̪iː.laɪ̯]
• Rhymes: -ilaj
• Syllabification: ni‧lay

Noun

nilay (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜎᜌ᜔)

1. careful consideration; meditation; reflection

   Synonyms: bulay, bulay-bulay, muni-muni, dili-dili, bulik-bulik, gunam-gunam, gilimhim, limi, lining, pag-isipan

2. (obsolete) act of fishing

   Synonyms: pangingisda, pamamalakaya

Derived terms

• ipagnilay
• magnilay
• manilay
• mapagnilay-nilay
• nilay-nilay
• nilay-nilayin
• nilayin
• pagninilay
• pagninilay-nilay
• paninilayan

See also

• lirip

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• linay, linya