mutya

From Sanskrit मुत्य (mutya, “pearl”). Compare Malay mutiara.[1]
First attested in Antonio Pigafetta's Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo—detailing the first circumnavigation of the world between 1519 and 1522.

• Hyphenation: mut‧ya
• IPA^(key): /ˈmutjaʔ/, [ˈmut̪.jʌʔ]

mutya

1. pearl
2. precious gem with magical properties
3. (figurative) something precious or valued highly

For quotations using this term, see Citations:mutya.

• motya, mutia — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Borrowed from Sanskrit मुत्य (mutya, “pearl”). Compare Malay mutiara.

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /mutˈjaʔ/ [mʊˈt͡ʃaʔ] (“pearl; preciousness; darling; talisman”, noun)
    • Rhymes: -aʔ
  • IPA^(key): /mutˈja/ [mʊˈt͡ʃa] (“small stone”, noun)
    • Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: mut‧ya

mutyâ (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜆ᜔ᜌ)

1. (dated) pearl

   Synonyms: perlas, mutika

2. preciousness
3. darling; beloved
4. talisman; amulet

mutyâ (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜆ᜔ᜌ)

1. (obsolete) small stone valued as a jewel; grows on coconut, lemon, or similar objects, and is also said to be found on the heads of other birds

• “mutya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.‎ (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎, La Noble Villa de Pila, page 482: “Piedra) Mutya (pc) preçioſa y de balor dauanla las catalonas y hechiçeras a eſtos que las trujeſen para no poder ſer heridos ni muertos (necedad)”
• Coconut pearl on Wikipedia.Wikipedia