elohiyo

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish elogio, from Latin ēlogium (“inscription on a tombstone”), from Ancient Greek ἐλεγεῖον (elegeîon, “an elegiac distich”) + ē (“out”) + λόγιον (lógion, “the word of an oracle”).

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔeˈlohio/ [ʔɛˈlo.hɪ.o]
  • Rhymes: -ohio
  • Syllabification: e‧lo‧hi‧yo

Noun

elóhiyó (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜎᜓᜑᜒᜌᜓ)

  1. eulogy
    Synonyms: (pseudo-Hispanism) eulohiya, papuri, parangal, (neologism) luksampati
  • elohiyador

See also

Further reading
  • “elohiyo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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