siryales

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• siriales, sirialis, siryalis — obsolete

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ciriales, plural of cirial, from cirio +‎ -al, from Latin cēreus (“of wax, waxen”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /siɾˈjales/ [sɪɾˈjaː.lɛs]
    • Rhymes: -ales
  • IPA^(key): /siɾjaˈles/ [sɪɾ.jɐˈlɛs] (obsolete)
• Syllabification: sir‧ya‧les

Noun

siryales (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜇ᜔ᜌᜎᜒᜐ᜔)

1. pair of tall candlesticks used in the processions of the church

See also

• kandelabra
• kandilero

 

Further reading

• “siryales”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• 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 617: “Zirial) Siriales [(pc)] C. de la Igleſia”