salalay
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Tagalog
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly related to alalay.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /saˈlalaj/ [sɐˈla.laɪ̯]
- Rhymes: -alaj
- Syllabification: sa‧la‧lay
Noun
[edit]salalay (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜎᜌ᜔)
- flat holder or supporter (such as a saucer for a cup, a disk for a drinking glass, a tray for glassware, etc.)
- act of placing something on such as holder or supporter
- Synonyms: patong, pagpapatong
- shallow vessel with water where a container is placed on (to keep ants away from the object)
- act of placing a container on such a shallow vessel (to keep ants away from the object)
- position of a thing held suspended on something to which it has fallen
- Synonyms: salalak, pagkasalalak