sumbali

Tagalog

Alternative forms

sombali — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay sembelih (“butcher an animal”), from a metathesis of Arabic بِاسْمِ اللّٰه (bismi llāh, “in the name of God”). Compare Maranao sombali' (“chant before butchering”), Tausug sumbayꞌ (“slaughter for eating”), and Malagasy sombily (“slaughter”). See also the Islamic practice of dhabihah.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sumˈbali/, [sʊmˈba.lɪ]
Hyphenation: sum‧ba‧li

Noun

sumbali (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜋ᜔ᜊᜎᜒ) (obsolete)

cutting of the throat (like a pig)
Synonym: tugis

Derived terms

isumbali
magsumbali
pagsumbali
pagsumbalihan
pagsumbalihin
sumbalihin
sumumbali

References

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
Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2013) Arabic and Persian Loanwords in Tagalog, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 156

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