sisiyo
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- sisilo — obsolete
Etymology
Possibly from earlier sisilo, with elision of /l/.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /siˈsio/ [sɪˈsiː.o]
- Rhymes: -io
- Syllabification: si‧si‧yo
Noun
sisiyo (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜐᜒᜌᜓ)
Further reading
- “sisiyo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.[1] (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 352: “Higo) Siſilo (pp) T, ſilvestre pero comeſtible y algo mas grande q̃ el paſado.”