dahong-palay

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• dahon-palay
• dahung-palay — superseded, pre-2014
• dahumpalay
• dajon palay, dajon-palay — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• dajumpalay, dajum-palay — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

From dahon (“leaf”) +‎ -g- +‎ palay (“paddy; rice plant”). Literally, “rice plant leaf”, because to its similar characteristics.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˌdahoŋ ˈpalaj/ [ˌd̪aː.hom ˈpaː.laɪ̯]
• Rhymes: -alaj
• Syllabification: da‧hong-pa‧lay

Noun

dahong-palay (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜑᜓᜅ᜔ᜉᜎᜌ᜔)

1. any green snake of the same color with leaves of rice plant
   1. oriental whip snake (Ahaetulla prasina, Dryophis prasinus)

      Synonym: talbustubo

   2. pit viper of genus Lachesis
   3. pit viper of genus Tropidolaemus
   4. pit viper of genus Trimeresurus
2. dahong palay (single-edged sword)

Further reading

• “dahong-palay”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “dahumpalay”, 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^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier