salapi

Binukid

Noun

salapì

1. money

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• sapi

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sa‧la‧pi
• IPA^(key): /salaˈpiʔ/ [s̪ɐ.l̪ɐˈpiʔ]

Noun

salapî

1. cash, money

   Synonym: kuwarta

Higaonon

Noun

salapi

1. silver

Hiligaynon

Noun

salapi

1. cash, coin
2. fifty centavos

Masbatenyo

Noun

salapî

1. fifty centavo

Tagalog

Etymology

From salap (“judge's fees”) + -i, from Arabic صَرْف (ṣarf, “money exchange; change; money”) and possibly confused with Arabic أَشْرَفِيّ (ʔašrafiyy, “gold coin; ducat”), according to Potet (2013). Another etymology suggested is from Malay se- + Malay rupiah, according to Panganiban (1973).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /salaˈpiʔ/ [sɐ.lɐˈpiʔ]
• Rhymes: -iʔ
• Syllabification: sa‧la‧pi

Noun

salapî (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜉᜒ)

1. money

   Synonyms: pera, kuwarta; see also Thesaurus:salapi

2. currency
3. (archaic) fifty-centavo coin

   Synonym: batngin

4. (historical) tostón (coin worth four Spanish reales)

Derived terms

• gantimpalang-salapi
• mabigat ang salapi
• magkasalapi
• manalapi
• masalapi
• mukhang-salapi
• pampananalapi
• panalapian
• Panalapiang Internasyonal
• pananalapi
• salapiin
• salaping-papel

 

References

• “salapi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2013) Arabic and Persian Loanwords in Tagalog, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 152

Anagrams

• lapisa

Waray-Waray

Noun

salapî

1. money; cash; currency