sulihiya

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

From corruption of Spanish celosía with metathesis and a shift from /s/ to /h/. Doublet of selosiya.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /suliˈhia/ [sʊ.lɪˈhiː.ɐ], /sulihiˈa/ [sʊ.lɪˈhja]
  • Rhymes: -ia, -a
  • Syllabification: su‧li‧hi‧ya

Noun

sulihiya or sulihiyá (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜎᜒᜑᜒᜌ)

  1. wicker; woven split rattan (on seat and back of chairs or across frames of beds)
    yari sa sulihiyamade of wicker or rattan
  2. a traditional Filipino weaving pattern with distinctive repetitive sunburst shapes

Derived terms

  • ipasulihiya
  • magpasulihiya
  • magsulihiya
  • pagsusulihiya
  • pansulihiya
  • sulihiyahan

See also

Further reading

  • sulihiya”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
  • sulihiya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
  • English, Leo James (1987), Tagalog-English dictionary, Manila, Philippines: National Book Store, →ISBN, page 1276
  • Serrano Laktaw, Pedro (1914), Diccionario tagálog-hispano (overall work in Tagalog and Spanish), Intramuros, Manila: Ateneo de Manila., page 1204