sawali

Bikol Central

Noun

sawalì

1. woven, split bamboo strips used for walling

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• sauali — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *sawaliq (“bamboo walling”). Compare Ilocano sawali, Kapampangan sauali, Bikol Central sawali, Cebuano sawali, and Chamorro saguale'. See also Philippine Spanish sauale.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /saˈwaliʔ/ [sɐˈwaː.lɪʔ]
• Rhymes: -aliʔ
• Syllabification: sa‧wa‧li

Noun

sawalì (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜏᜎᜒ) (carpentry)

1. woven, coarse mat of interlaced, thin, split bamboo strips (used for making simple walls in native houses, drying grains under the house, etc.)

Derived terms

• sawalian
• sawaliin

See also

• sala-sala
• sasag

Further reading

• “sawali”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “sawali”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*sawaliq”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI