sanggawali
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- sangauali, singauali — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
- singgawali
Etymology
Uncertain. Compare Kapampangan sanggauali (“fake stones for finger-rings”). See also Malay sangga (“support”) and Malay wali (“guardian”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /saŋɡawaˈliʔ/ [sɐŋ.ɡɐ.wɐˈlɪʔ]
- Rhymes: -iʔ
- Syllabification: sang‧ga‧wa‧li
Noun
sanggawalî (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜅ᜔ᜄᜏᜎᜒ)
- fancy or imitation jewelry
- (obsolete) colored gemstone said to be of little value which is put in rings or some things made out of gold [16th–19th c.]
See also
Further reading
- “sanggawali”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
- “sangawali”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
- Panganiban, José Villa (1973), Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 883
- Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.[1] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.[2] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag., page 482: “Piedra) Sangavali (pc) colorada y de poco balor que ponen [en anillos y en] algunas coſas de oro”