gorilya
Cebuano
Etymology
Borrowed from English gorilla. from Ancient Greek Γόριλλαι (Górillai, “a tribe of hairy women”), described by Hanno the Navigator, a Carthaginian navigator and possible visitor to the area that later became Sierra Leone.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: go‧ril‧ya
Noun
gorilya
Tagalog
Etymology
Either borrowed from Spanish gorilla or gorrilla, or a pseudo-Hispanism, from English gorilla, and influenced by the pronunciation of Philippine Spanish ⟨ll⟩ /ʎ/, as per lleísmo.
Pronunciation
Noun
gorilya
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