saikawalo

Tagalog

Alternative forms

  • saicaualo, saicolo, saycaualo, saicualo, saycolo, seycaualo, sicaualo, sicoloobsolete, Spanish-based spelling
  • saikolo, saykawalo, saikwalo, sikawaloobsolete
  • sikolo, sikuloobsolete

Etymology

From sa- +‎ ika- +‎ walo (eight). The name of the coin comes from the fact that the coin is worth one-eighth of a tostón.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /saʔikawaˈlo/ [sɐ.ʔɪ.xɐ.wɐˈlo]
  • Rhymes: -o
  • Syllabification: sa‧i‧ka‧wa‧lo

Noun

saikawaló (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜁᜃᜏᜎᜓ)

  1. eighth (one of eight equal parts of a whole)
    Synonyms: kawalo, sangkawalo
  2. (historical) a coin worth a half of a Spanish real or around 7.5 cents

Derived terms

  • mamanaikawalo
  • manaikawalo
  • pagmanaikawaluhin
  • sasai-saikawalo
  • sasaikawaluhin

See also

Further reading

  • sikolo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
  • Serrano Laktaw, Pedro (1914), Diccionario tagálog-hispano (overall work in Tagalog and Spanish), Intramuros, Manila: Ateneo de Manila., page 1118