suklay

Tagalog

Etymology

Compare Kapampangan sukle, Central Bikol sukray, Aklanon sudlay, Cebuano sudlay, Waray-Waray sudlay, and Tausug sudlay. See also Suku sunday, Maranao salday, Western Bukidnon Manobo seglay, and Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sunday (comb).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /sukˈlaj/ [sʊkˈlaɪ̯]
  • Rhymes: -aj
  • Syllabification: suk‧lay

Noun

sukláy (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜃ᜔ᜎᜌ᜔)

  1. comb
    Synonym: peyneta

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See also

Further reading

  • suklay”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*sunday”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

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