nilay
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See also: Nilay
Tagalog[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Classical Malay nilai (“evaluation, valuation”), from Tamil நிலை (nilai, “character, quality, nature”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈnilaj/ [ˈni.laɪ̯]
- Rhymes: -ilaj
- Syllabification: ni‧lay
Noun[edit]
nilay (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜎᜌ᜔)
- careful consideration; meditation; reflection
- Synonyms: bulay, bulay-bulay, muni-muni, dili-dili, bulik-bulik, gunam-gunam, gilimhim, limi, lining, pag-isipan
- (obsolete) act of fishing
- Synonyms: pangingisda, pamamalakaya
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “nilay”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Categories:
- Tagalog terms derived from Classical Malay
- Tagalog terms derived from Tamil
- Tagalog 2-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/ilaj
- Rhymes:Tagalog/ilaj/2 syllables
- Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- Tagalog terms with obsolete senses