siyak
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /siˈak/, [siˈjak]
- Hyphenation: si‧yak
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- siac — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
Etymology
Borrowed from Brunei Malay syeikh (“scholar; sheik”), from Arabic شَيْخ (šayḵ, “sheik; elder”). Compare Indonesian syekh. Doublet of heke.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /siˈak/, [sɪˈak]
- Hyphenation: si‧yak
Derived terms
- kasiyak-siyakan
See also
Further reading
- “siyak”, 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
- 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 448: “Obiſpo( Siac (pc) o maeſtro de los moros, es Bocablo Burney, y de [alla venia] a esta tierra a enſeñar la hedionda ley de Mahoma, traya vna como mitra.”
- Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2017) Ancient Beliefs and Customs of the Tagalogs, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 525
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