arsilya

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish arcilla, from Latin argilla, from Ancient Greek ἄργιλλος (árgillos, “white clay, potter's earth”).

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaɾˈsilja/ [ʔɐɾˈsil.jɐ]
Rhymes: -ilja
Syllabification: ar‧sil‧ya
Homophone: Arcilla

Noun

arsilya (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇ᜔ᜐᜒᜎ᜔ᜌ)

clay
Synonym: luwad

References

Diksyunaryong panghanapbuhay, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 1993, →ISBN, page 13.

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