salay

See also: sa lầy

Binukid

Noun

salay

1. necklace

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sa‧lay

Etymology 1

Compare sablay.

Adjective

salay

1. suspended by hanging; hung

Noun

salay

1. a makeshift, self-propelled, rattan cable car

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Noun

salay

1. Indian ivy-rue (Zanthoxylum rhetsa)

Anagrams

• alyas, layas, sayal

Maranao

Noun

salay

1. necklace

References

• Howard P. McKaughan, Batua A. Macaraya (1967), A Maranao Dictionary‎ (overall work in Maranao and English), University of Hawaii Press

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Kapampangan salay, older form of sale (“nest”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *salaʀ (“nest”). Compare Sambali halay, Bikol Central salag, Cebuano salag, and Maranao salag.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /saˈlaj/ [sɐˈlaɪ̯], /ˈsalaj/ [ˈsaː.laɪ̯]
• Rhymes: -aj, -alaj
• Syllabification: sa‧lay

Noun

saláy or salay (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜌ᜔)

1. nest (of birds, rodents, etc.)

   Synonyms: pugad, nido

2. branchlet of a branch of many leaves

Etymology 2

Possibly borrowed from Malay serai, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *səray (“lemon grass: Cymbopogon spp.”). Compare Kapampangan sale (“lemongrass”) and Tausug sāy.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /saˈlaj/ [sɐˈlaɪ̯]
• Rhymes: -aj
• Syllabification: sa‧lay

Noun

saláy (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜌ᜔)

1. lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus)

   Synonyms: tanglad, nugo

Further reading

• “salay”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*salaR”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*seray”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• layas, alyas