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kasili

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Bikol Central

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kasuli. Compare Gorontalo otili.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kaˈsili/ [kaˈsi.l̪i]
  • Hyphenation: ka‧si‧li

Noun

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kasíli (Basahan spelling ᜃᜐᜒᜎᜒ)

  1. eel

See also

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Cebuano

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ka‧si‧li
  • IPA(key): /kaˈsili/ [kɐˈs̪i.l̪ɪ]

Noun

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kasili

  1. the Oriental darter or Indian darter (Anhinga melanogaster); a water bird of tropical South Asia and Southeast Asia
  2. the giant mottled eel (Anhinga marmorata); a species of tropical anguillid eel that is found in the Indo-Pacific and adjacent freshwater habitats

Higaonon

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kasuli.

Noun

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kasili

  1. eel

Tagalog

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Philippine *kasili (kind of water bird, the Oriental darter: Anhinga melanogaster). Compare Ilocano kasili and Cebuano kasili.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kasili (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜐᜒᜎᜒ)

  1. cormorant
  2. Oriental darter (Anhinga melanogaster)

Further reading

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  • kasili”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*kasili”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Waray-Waray

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Noun

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kasili

  1. water snake

Waskia

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Noun

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kasili

  1. snake

References

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  • Corinna Handschuh, A typology of marked-S languages