salawal
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Tagalog
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Malay seluar (“pants”), from Persian شلوار (šalvār, “pants”). Compare Pangasinan sanual, Bikol Central sarawal, and Tausug sawwal.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /salaˈwal/ [sɐ.lɐˈwal]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: sa‧la‧wal
Noun
[edit]salawál (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜏᜎ᜔)
- underpants
- Synonym: kalson
- 1992, National Mid-week:
- Isang batang babae ang may nakalambitin sa likuran na batang paslit, mag-iisang taong gulang pa lang yata at walang salawal. Lumingon ang paslit. Kinawayan namin.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- trousers; pants; pantaloons
- Synonym: pantalon
- (dialectal) shorts
- (historical) precolonial dhoti-like male garment
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “salawal”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Categories:
- Tagalog terms borrowed from Malay
- Tagalog terms derived from Malay
- Tagalog terms derived from Persian
- Tagalog 3-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Tagalog/al
- Rhymes:Tagalog/al/3 syllables
- Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog nouns
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- Tagalog terms with quotations
- Tagalog dialectal terms
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- tl:Clothing