relos

English

Noun

relos

1. plural of relo

Anagrams

• lores, Roels, loser, Roles, soler, sorel, slore, roles, Sorel, orles, Soler, rôles, eorls, Loser, lo-res, Leros, Rosel, Osler

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• rilos

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *yóh₁r̥

Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra)

Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-der.

Proto-Indo-European *léǵ-e-ti

Proto-Hellenic *légō

Ancient Greek λέγω (légō)

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)?

Ancient Greek -ιον (-ion)

Ancient Greek ὡρολόγιον (hōrológion)bor.

Latin hōrologiumder.

Old Catalan orollotge

Old Catalan relotgebor.

Spanish relojbor.

Tagalog relos

An early borrowing from Spanish reloj (“clock, watch, timepiece”). Compare Tausug lilus. Doublet of relo.

While the shift from ⟨j⟩, pronounced /ʃ/ in Early Modern Spanish, of the final letter to Tagalog /s/ was expected, the retention of the initial /r/ is irregular, as very early Spanish loanwords more often corresponds to Tagalog /d/ or /l/, as in *dilos or *lilos. This may suggest a transitional borrowing, occurring late enough to preserve /r/ but early enough to reflect variation in the realization of final ⟨j⟩. Even into the 19^th century, Spanish maintained variating forms such as in Spanish relox.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ɾeˈlos/ [ɾɛˈlos]
• Rhymes: -os
• Syllabification: 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
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 503
• Cecilio Lopez (1977), Selected Writings of Cecilio Lopez in Philippine Linguistics‎^[1], Archives of Philippine Languages and Dialects, University of the Philippines
• Viveca V. Hernandez (1993), Ang diksyunaryo at gramar ni Pedro Serrano Laktaw: isang pagsusuring panlinggwistika‎^[2] (in Tagalog), Cecilio Lopez Archives of the Philippine Languages