galiyos

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Early Modern Spanish grillos, from Middle French grille, grisle, from Old French greille, graïlle, from earlier gradilie, from Latin crāticula (or a Vulgar Latin grāticula). Doublet of gril and grilyos.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ɡaˈlios/ [ɡɐˈliː.os]
  • Rhymes: -ios
  • Syllabification: ga‧li‧yos

Noun

galiyos (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜎᜒᜌᜓᜐ᜔) (obsolete)

  1. iron shackles
    Synonyms: posas, grilyos, kadena, gapos

Derived terms

  • galiyusan
  • maggaliyos

References