grilyos

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from 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 galiyos and gril.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈɡɾiljos/ [ˈɡɾil.jos]
  • Rhymes: -iljos
  • Syllabification: gril‧yos

Noun

grilyos (Baybayin spelling ᜄ᜔ᜇᜒᜎ᜔ᜌᜓᜐ᜔)

  1. shackles
    Synonyms: posas, kadena, gapos, (obsolete) galiyos

See also