kandililya

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from now obsolete Spanish candelilla (“bougie; catheter; flexible instrument for exploring and healing the urinary tract”, literally “little candle”). See also kalilya.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kandiˈlilja/ [kɐn̪.d̪ɪˈlil.jɐ]
• Rhymes: -ilja
• Syllabification: kan‧di‧lil‧ya

Noun

kandililya (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜎᜒᜎ᜔ᜌ) (medicine)

1. catheter

   Synonyms: katiter, kalilya

Related terms

• Candelaria
• kandelabra
• Kandelarya
• kandila
• kandilero

 

Further reading

• Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 244
• 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 107