sirimiyas

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• sirimias — obsolete

Etymology

Early borrowing of Spanish chirimías, plural of chirimía, from Old French chalemie.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /siɾiˈmias/ [sɪ.ɾɪˈmiː.ɐs]
• Rhymes: -ias
• Syllabification: si‧ri‧mi‧yas

Noun

sirimiyas (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜇᜒᜋᜒᜌᜐ᜔) (music, obsolete)

1. chirimia; shawm

Derived terms

• magsirimiyas
• pagsirimiyasan

 

See also

• karamelo

 

References

• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[1], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 156: “Chirimias) Sirimias (pp) C. muſica”