alehilyos

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish, said to be from Spanish alejillos, plural of *alejillo. Also possibly a corruption of Spanish alejijas (expected *alehihas if borrowed), plural of alejija (“barley porridge spiced with sesame”), from Andalusian Arabic الدشيشة (ad-dašíša), from Arabic الجَشِيشَة (al-jašīša, “wheat coarsely ground, and put into a cooking-pot, into which some flesh-meat is thrown, or some dates, and then cooked”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaleˈhiljos/ [ʔɐ.lɛˈhil.jos]
  • Rhymes: -iljos
  • Syllabification: a‧le‧hil‧yos

Noun

alehilyos (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜒᜑᜒᜎ᜔ᜌᜓᜐ᜔)

  1. barley porridge

See also

Further reading

  • “alehilyos”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 32
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