relos

English

Noun

relos

  1. plural of relo

Anagrams

Tagalog

Alternative forms
  • rilos

Etymology

Borrowed from (c. 16th-18th century) Early Modern Spanish reloj (“clock, watch, timepiece”). In Early Modern Spanish, Spanish ⟨j⟩ was pronounced /ʃ/; /ʃ/ became /s/ as common with other early borrowings (compare sabon, singkamas, sugal, saro, and tasa). Doublet of relo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɾeˈlos/, [ɾɛˈlos]
  • Hyphenation: re‧los

Noun

relós (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜎᜓᜐ᜔)

  1. Alternative form of relo

Further reading
  • Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 323
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