apalya

Kapampangan

Noun

apalyá

1. Alternative spelling of apalia

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• apalia — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• apalaya, apaliya — obsolete

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Kapampangan apalia. Doublet of ampalaya.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔapalˈja/ [ʔɐ.pɐlˈja]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: a‧pal‧ya

Noun

apalyá (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜉᜎ᜔ᜌ)

1. bitter melon

   Synonyms: ampalaya, amargoso

Further reading

• “apalya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[1], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 606: “Yerua) Apalia (pc) buena para dolor de cabeça”