suklay

Tagalog

Etymology

Compare Kapampangan sukle, Bikol Central sukray, Cebuano sudlay, and Waray-Waray sudlay.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

sukláy (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜃ᜔ᜎᜌ᜔)

1. comb

   Synonym: peyneta

Derived terms

• bulang gasuklay
• gasuklay
• magsuklay
• pagsusuklay
• panuklay
• pasuklayan
• suklayan
• suklayin

 

Further reading

• “suklay”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018