salapi

salapì

1. money

• sapi

• Hyphenation: sa‧la‧pi
• IPA^(key): /salaˈpiʔ/, [s̪ʌ.l̪ʌˈpiʔ]

salapî

1. cash, money

   Synonym: kuwarta

salapi

1. silver

salapi

1. cash, coin
2. fifty centavos

salapî

1. fifty centavo

From salap (“judge's fees”) + -i, from Arabic صَرْف (ṣarf, “money exchange; change; money”) and possibly confused with Arabic أَشْرَفِيّ (ʔašrafiyy, “gold coin; ducat”), according to Potet (2013). Another etymology suggested is from Malay se- + Malay rupiah, according to Panganiban (1972).

• IPA^(key): /salaˈpiʔ/, [sɐ.lɐˈpiʔ]
• Hyphenation: sa‧la‧pi

salapî (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜉᜒ)

1. money

   Synonyms: pera, kuwarta; see also Thesaurus:salapi

2. currency
3. (archaic) fifty-centavo coin

   Synonym: batngin

4. (historical) tostón (coin worth four Spanish reales)

• “salapi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2013) Arabic and Persian Loanwords in Tagalog, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 152

salapî

1. money; cash; currency